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HERE- LYE    TH 


EPITAPHS 


FROM    THE 


OLD   BURYING  GROUND 


IN 


GROTON,  MASSACHUSETTS. 


BHftfji  "Notts  anli  an 


BY 
SAMUEL   A.  GREEN,  M.D. 


"  Data  sunt  ipsis  quoque  fata  sepulcris." 

JUVENAL. 


BOSTON: 

LITTLE,   BROWN,   &    COMPANY. 
1878. 


Cambridge : 
Press  of  John    Wilson  and  Son. 


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THIS 


2&ecorli    of 


IS    PRINTED    AS 

A    TRIBUTE    TO    THE    VIRTUES    OF    THOSE    WHO    SLEEP    IN    THE    OLD 
BURYING    GROUND    AT    GROTON ; 

AND 
IS     INSCRIBED     TO     THEIR     MEMORY. 


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And  is  this  all,  a  name,  a  date, 
Graved  on  the  mouldering  stone  ? 

And  since,  like  men,  rocks  have  their  fate, 
How  soon  shall  this  be  gone  ! 

Nay,  traveller,  look  on  every  side ; 

For  all  the  smiling  scene, 
The  fertile  farms,  the  pastures  wide,  — 

These  keep  their  memory  green. 

They  held  their  own  ''mid  fierce  alarms, 
With  courage,  prayer,  and  toil, 

'Gainst  savage  foes  and  British  arms, 
Still  masters  of  the  soil. 

No  tombstone  holds  such  men  s  renown  ; 

But  this  their  deathless  fame,  — 
That  children  s  children  still  hand  down 

A  pure  and  spotless  name  ! 


INTRODUCTION. 


A  BURYING  GROUND  is  suggestive  of  many  thoughts. 
It  represents  a  vast  deal  of  affliction  and  bereavement. 
Each  tombstone  implies,  generally,  many  days  of  mingled 
hope  and  anxiety,  as  well  as  long  and  weary  nights  of  watch- 
ing. The  deepest  depths  of  human  feeling  have  been  reached, 
as  the  kindred  have  stood  around  the  open  grave,  and  seen 
it  filled  with  earth.  Their  very  tears  have  consecrated  the 
spot  and  made  it  hallowed  ground.  A  stroll  along  the  paths 
is  wholesome  in  its  lesson,  for  it  reminds  one  of  the  uncertain 
hour  that  is  certain  to  come.  The  quaint  and  homely 
epitaphs  tell  of  an  undying  faith  in  a  future  life,  and  show 
the  consolation  that  springs  from  such  a  belief. 

Many  names  and  dates,  found  nowhere  else,  are  given  on 
tombstones,  and  it  is  to  rescue  these  facts  from  oblivion  that 
this  collection  of  epitaphs  is  now  printed.  Personal  history 
is  soon  forgotten,  and  family  records  are  easily  lost ;  and  after 
the  lapse  of  time  the  very  inscriptions  will  be  worn  away. 

"monumenta  fatiscunt, 
Mors  etiam  saxis  nominibusque  venit." 

The  old  Burying  Ground  in  Groton  is  situated  very  near 
the  site  of  the  second  meeting-house,  which  was  begun  in 
the  year  1680.  The  Ground  has  probably  been  used  contin- 
uously for  burial  purposes  since  1678,  the  date  of  the  resettle- 
ment of  the  town  after  it  had  been  burned  by  the  Indians. 


Vlll  INTRODUCTION. 


Its  shape  is  nearly  a  right-angled  parallelogram,  about  fifteen 
rods  by  thirty-two,  and  it  contains  three  acres  or  thereabouts. 
The  oldest  monument  within  the  enclosure  is  in  memory  of 
James  Prescott,  who  died,  May  9,  1704.  He  was  the  son 
of  Jonas  Prescott,  a  blacksmith,  who  procured  a  rough  stone 
and  chiselled  the  inscription  himself  with  one  of  his  own 
tools.  Headboards  may  have  been  used  before  this  time,  but 
these  in  a  few  years  would  decay  and  disappear.  It  is  very 
likely,  however,  that  the  earliest  graves  were  not  marked 
either  by  wood  or  stone.  Most  of  the  slabs  in  the  graveyard 
are  of  slate,  and  were  taken,  probably,  from  the  quarry  in  the 
adjoining  town  of  Harvard,  though  a  few  may  have  been 
brought  from  England.  In  former  times  gravestones  were 
occasionally  imported  all  finished,  except  the  lettering,  which 
was  put  on  afterwards. 

The  Ground  is  now  crowded  with  its  silent  occupants,  who 
outnumber,  many  times  over,  those  living  in  the  town.  It 
has  been  the  resting-place  of  the  dead  during  two  centuries, 
and  for  this  reason  should  always  be  an  object  of  interest  and 
affection  to  the  inhabitants  of  Groton.  The  feeling  is  akin 
to  piety  that  prompts  a  people  to  take  care  of  God's  acre  ;  and 
the  living  pay  a  due  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  dead  by 
making  the  place  attractive. 

The  following  entry  contains  the  earliest  reference  to  the 
Burying  Ground  found  in  the  -town  records :  — 

"Grotton  January  the  15  day  in  the  ye  1710" 
At  a  town  meeting  leagley  warned  prosedeth  as  foloeth  by  the 
maior  uote   have   agreed  upon   and  chose   a   comety  to  stat   the 
Buiring  place  and  reglat  the  hiways  in  the  town  whare  it  is  nedfull 
the  men  chosen 

Ensign  Farnsworth 

Samuill  scriptor  senor  the  towns 

Thomas  tarbell  comety 

Samuill  Parker 

Joseph  lakin 

Joseph  lakin 
dark  " 


INTRODUCTION.  ix 


At  this  time  the  Ground  had  not  yet  been  fenced  in,  nor 
its  limits  definitely  fixed.  Its  use  for  burial  purposes,  doubt- 
less, arose  from  its  convenient  position,  and  not  from  any 
formal  vote  of  the  town.  The  following  writing,  now  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  George  D.  Brigham,  implies  that  there  had 
been  some  slight  disagreement  between  the  town  and  the 
owners  of  the  land  :  — 

"  Grotton  Janewary  the  23  in  the  year  lyroL* 

A  finall  agrement  betwen  We  the  Subscribers  to  wit  as  foloeth 
that  is  to  say  the  town  Shall  have  for  evir  the  Buring  place  from 
the  high  way  by  the  meting  house  and  so  bounded  Southerly  upon 
Mr  hobarts  fance  where  it  now  stands  and  bounded  Westerly  by 
lancister  hiway  for  and  in  consideration  of  medow  at  masabog  and 
up  land  where  they  shall  pitch  and  allso  to  confirme  the  bounds  of 
that  Swamp  and  upland  south  to  Joseph  lakin  and  Abraham  lakin 
as  thair  fances  now  stands  it  is  to  be  onder  stood  tnat  if  thair  be 
six  acors  of  medow  thay  are  to  haue  it  if  not  to  haue  land  equiva- 
lant  to  it  and  if  not  medow  than  fifty  acors  of  upland. 

Shebuel :  hobart 
Gershom  hobart 
the  towns  Comety 

Thomas  tarbill 
Samuell  parker 
John  farnsworth 

his 

Samuill   g    Scripter  se[nior] 

mark 

Joseph  Lakin  " 

These  two  subscribers  were  sons  of  the  Reverend  Gershom 
Hobart,  a  former  minister  of  the  place,  who  had  died  in  the 
year  1705.  He  lived  on  the  site  of  the  present  Baptist 
meeting-house,  directly  opposite  to  one  end  of  the  Ground, 
and  probably  the  sons  had  inherited  the  land  from  their 
father.  The  Reverend  Mr.  Hobart  came  to  Groton  in  the 
spring  of  1678,  —  the  time  of  its  resettlement,  —  or  very  soon 
afterward  ;  and  the  town  granted  him,  June  29,  1678,  from 
the  common  land,  a  large  number  of  acres  in  different  lots, 
including  probably  the  limits  of  the  Burying  Ground.  It  is 


INTRODUCTION. 


likely  that  the  encroachment  on  Mr.  Hobart's  boundaries 
was  so  gradual  that  no  notice  was  taken  of  it  during  his 
lifetime. 

The  following  votes  are  found  under  their  respective  dates 
in  the  town  records  :  — 

March  2,  1724/5.  "voted  that  they  would  fence  in  the  burying 
place  in  said  town  ;  the  question  being  put  whether  they  would 
Chuse  a  committee  to  take  care  concerning  fencing  in  of  sd  bury- 
ing place  in  sd  town  &  the  committee  bring  their  Report  to  the 
town  at  the  next  town  meeting  it  past  in  the  affirmative  then 
proceeded  &  chose  Richard  Warnner  Jonathan  page  and  Jonathan 
hubbard  for  the  committee  before  mentioned  to  take  care  concern- 
ing the  fencing  in  the  burying  place  " 

May  14,  1725.  "voted  y*  the  Committee  that  were  Imployed 
to  uew  the  burying  place  in  order  to  the  fencing  of  it  in  viz'  Richard 
Warner  Jonathan  Page  &  Jonathan  hubbard  are  Impowred  £ 
Directed  to  make  a  fence  with  boards  about  said  burying  place  at 
the  Cost  &  Charge  of  the  town  " 

September  10,  1728.  "voted,  that  Willm  Shattuck  shall  have 
Liberty  to  mow  the  burying  Place  for  the  term  of  seven  years  upon 
condition  that  the  said  Shattuck  keep  in  Good  Repair  the  fence 
about  said  burying  place,  and  Leave  it  so  at  the  end  of  said  term 
of  time  further  voted  that  the  said  Shattuck  Leave  out  a  Lane  of 
one  pole  wide  at  the  south  end  thereof  the  fence  at  the  suth  end  to 
be  made  at  the  Cost  &  Charge  of  the  said  Shattuck  &  Jonathan 
Page 

further  voted  that  Jon'  hubbard  Joseph  Lakin  &  Sam11  Tarbell  be 
A  com**66  to  Leas  out  the  Gras  Growing  in  said  burying  place  as  is 
above  mentioned  " 

July  23,  1734-  "Voted  That  William  Shattuck  may  feed  the 
Buriing  place  with  Rames  for  the  [year]  1734." 

May  16,  1737.  "Voted  that  The  Selectmen  are  Desired  &  fully 
Impowered  to  take  Care  of  the  buring  Place  at  yf  Cost  &  Charge 
of  the  Town  :  to  see  that  it  be  well  fenced  in  &  to  Call  William 
Shattuck  to  ann  accomp*.  for  the  time  he  had  the  Care  of  it  &  to 
Sue  the  said  Shattuck  their  for  if  they  See  Caus  or  any  other 
person,  or  Persons  that  shall  Trespasse  on  Said  buring  Place  &c  :  " 

August  21,  1738.  "Voted  that  they  will  haue  yf  Buring  place 
fenced  in  &c.  Also  voted  that  it  be  fenced  in  with  a  Good  Stone 
Wall  &c : 


INTRODUCTION.  XI 


Voted  that  Jonathan  Page  SamuV  Tarbell  &  Nathaniel  Wood? 
to  be  a  Com*48  &  fully  Impowered  them  to  fence  in  the  buring  Place 
with  a  Good  Stone  Wall  that  is  to  [be]  a  Wall  of  foure  feet  &  an 
half  high  &  that  thay  Giver  the  Same  with  a  flat  Stone  to  be  Don 
all  at  the  towns  Cost : 

Voted  that  the  Selectmen  Stake  out  how  bige  the  Buring  place 
shall  be  fenced  in,  &c  : 

Voted  y?  yf  com':*  Despose  of  all  ye  bords  &  fence  about  yf  buring 
place  to  the  best  advantage  the  Can  for  yf  towns  use." 

May  23,  1739-  "Voted  that  the  Com?"  Chosen  to  fence  in  the 
Burying  place :  Do  fence  it  with  a  Good  Stone  Wall  viz?  the  East 
&  West  Ends,  and  the  Two  Other  Sides  with  a  Good  Ditch  Wall 
&  to  hew  a  Sufficient  log  Three  Square  and  Lay  it  on  the  Top  of 
s*  wall  all  Round  SA.  Burying  Place." 

March  4,  1739-40.  "Voted  that  ye  Com?*  Chosen  at  a  former 
town  meeting  to  Sell  Parte  of  y"  highways  in  s?  town  be  ordered  to 
pay  to  yf  Com?*  Chosen  to  fence  in  yf  buring  Place  in  s?  town 
yf  Sum  of  fifty  Pounds  of  yf  Money  Raised  upon  yf  Selling  of 
Highways  as  afores?  to  Enable  them  to  Carry  on  s*  work  &c  :  " 

The  following  article  appears  in  the  warrant  for  the  town 
meeting,  held  November  3,  1 794  :  — 

"  4.  To  See  if  the  Town  will  repair  the  monument  over  the 
rev"?  Caleb  Trowbridge"  grave  it  being  nearly  fallen  down  &  choose 
some  person  to  see  it  done." 

The  subject  was  duly  considered  at  the  meeting,  when  it 
was 

"  Voted  that  D°  Sam!  Lawrence  repair  the  monument  over  the 
Rev?  Caleb  Trowbridge  Grave." 

In  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  November  7, 
1796,  the  seventh  article  is 

"  7.  To  see  if  the  Town  will  enlarge  their  Burying  Ground  by 
Purchase  or  otherwise  and  do  any  thing  to  prevent  the  new  graves 
interfering  with  the  old  ones  —  and  pass  Such  Votes  and  orders 
thereon  as  they  may  think  proper." 

The  meeting  was  duly  held,  when  a  committee  was 
appointed,  consisting  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Rockwood, 


Xll  INTRODUCTION. 


Deacon  Samuel  Lawrence,  and  Timothy  Bigelovv,  Esq.,  to 
consider  the  subject  and  report  at  the  next  meeting.  This 
was  accordingly  done,  and  the  following  is  their  report  made 
on  May  i,  1797:  — 

"  The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  expediency  of 
exchanging  the  old  road  belonging  to  the  Town  leading  from 
Cap?  Joseph  Richardsons  to  Wm  Lepears  for  a  piece  of  land  belong- 
ing to  said  Richardson  lying  contiguous  to  the  burying  ground  on 
the  south  side  thereof  —  and  your  Committee  are  of  opinion  that 
said  exchange  would  be  expedient :  and  that  the  selectmen  be 
authorized  to  give  said  Richardson  a  deed  of  that  part  of  said  old 
road  that  lies  between  the  town  road  leading  by  W™  Lepears  and 
the  northwesterly  corner  of  the  land  now  occupied  by  the  Wid° 
Mary  Tarbell  —  and  that  the  selectmen  should  also  be  authorized 
to  receive  of  said  Richardson  a  deed  to  the  Town  of  a  peice  of  his 
land,  bounded  thus,  begining  at  the  Southeast  corner  of  the  burying 
ground  and  running  Southerly  to  the  fifth  post  in  said  Richardson's 
fence  thence  westerly  to  the  back  door  of  said  Richardsons  coat 
house  thence  northeasterly  by  the  Town  road  to  the  Southwest 
corner  of  the  burying  ground  —  thence  on  the  southerly  side  of 
the  burying  Ground  to  the  corner  first  mentioned  —  and  that  the 
selectmen  be  authorized  to  agree  with  Cap!  Richardson  on  the 
terms  of  exchange. 

Sam1.  Rockvvood  ~| 
Groton  May  r,  1797  Submitted  by         Sam!  Lawrance     >  CommL 

Tim>"  Bigelow       J 

The  extracts  from  the  town  records  after  this  date  are 
made  to  conform,  in  spelling,  punctuation,  and  capitalization, 
to  common  usage. 

In  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  June  21,  1802, 
the  third  article  is  as  follows  :  — 

"  III.  To  see  if  the  town  will  order  that  piece  of  land  lying 
contiguous  to  the  south  side  of  the  burying  yard,  which  was  pur- 
chased of  Captain  Richardson  in  1797,  to  be  added  to  the  yard  by 
enclosing  the  same  with  the  fence,  choose  a  committee  for  that 
purpose,  or  give  any  directions  relating  thereto  as  the  town  may 
think  proper." 

When  the  subject  was  considered  at  the  meeting,  it  was 


INTRODUCTION.  xiil 


"  Voted,  that  the  land  mentioned  in  this  article  be  enclosed  with 
the  fence  of  the  common  burying  yard  ;  also  voted  that  the  select- 
men be  a  committee  to  effect  the  same." 

At  the  town  meeting,  held  June  5,  1811,  the  following 
article  was  considered  :  — 

"III.  To  see,  as  the  wall  upon  the  north  side  of  the  burying 
ground  must  of  necessity  be  immediately  rebuilt,  if  the  town  will 
order  it  to  be  set,  so  as  to  include  all  the  land,  belonging  to  said 
town,  lying  between  the  north  side  of  said  burying  ground  and  the 
two  roads  that  separate  at  the  town's  pound,  the  one  leading  to 
Spalter's  Tavern,  and  the  other  leading  by  the  gunhouse." 

Whereupon  it  was 

"  Voted,  that  this  article  be  committed  to  a  committee  of  three 
persons,  and  that  Captain  James  Lewis,  James  Brazer,  and  William 
Livermore  be  the  same,  with  orders  to  report  at  some  future 
meeting." 

In  the  proceedings  of  September  23,  181  r,  it  is  recorded  :  — 

"  III.  On  this  article,  the  Committee  chosen  in  June  last,  to 
consider  the  expediency  of  rebuilding  the  wall  upon  the  north  side 
of  the  Burying  Ground,  and  enlarging  the  same,  reported  that  in 
their  opinion  it  was  expedient,  which  report  was  accepted  by  the 
town  and  ordered  to  be  recorded  ;  but,  upon  motion  for  reconsider- 
ing the  vote,  it  was  obtained,  and  likewise  a  vote  to  pass  over  the 
article." 

The  following  articles  are  found  in  the  warrant  for  the 
town  meeting,  held  in  March,  1842:  — 

"Article  VII.  To  see  if  the  town  will  direct  the  wall  around  the 
graveyard  to  be  repaired  or  pass  any  vote  in  relation  to  the 
subject. 

"  Article  VIII.  To  see  if  the  town  will  pass  any  vote  in  relation 
to  the  tombs  in  the  graveyard." 

The  action  taken  on  these  articles,  at  an  adjourned  meeting 
held  April  4,  1842,  was  as  follows  :  — 

"  Voted,  to  direct  the  selectmen  to  repair  the  wall  around  the 
graveyard  as  they  may  think  proper. 


xiv  INTRODUCTION. 


"  Voted,  to  direct  the  tombs  in  the  graveyard  to  be  covered  with 
gravel,  and  then  referred  the  subject  to  the  selectmen  with  dis- 
cretionary power  subject  to  the  foregoing  vote." 

These  votes,  however,  were  slightly  modified  by  the  subse- 
quent action  at  the  town  meeting,  held  May  23,  1842.  The 
article  in  the  warrant  for  that  meeting  reads :  — 

"  Article  V.  To  see  whether  the  town  will  reconsider  the  vote 
passed  at  their  last  meeting  so  far  as  to  leave  the  subject-matter  of 
the  tombs  on  and  around  the  graveyard,  and  the  manner  in  which 
the  doors  shall  be  secured,  to  the  said  selectmen,  acting  as  a  board 
of  health ;  and  to  give  the  selectmen  power  to  cause  said  tombs 
to  be  secured  with  an  outside  door  of  iron  and  an  inside  door  of 
wood,  if  they  shall  think  that  will  render  them  secure,  or  pass  any 
vote  in  relation  to  that  subject." 

In  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting,  it  is  recorded  that 

"The  subject-matter  of  fifth  article  was  referred  to  the  selectmen, 
and  the  former  vote  reconsidered." 

From  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  April  28, 
1845:  — 

"  Article  II.  To  see  if  the  town  will  raise  or  appropriate  a  sum  of 
money  to  improve  the  condition  of  the  burial  ground  and  repair 
the  fence  around  the  same. 

"Article  III.  To  see  if  the  town  will  permit  any  persons  who 
may  form  an  association  for  that  purpose  to  ornament  the  burial 
ground  by  planting  trees  and  shrubs  within  and  around  the  same, 
or  pass  any  vote  in  relation  to  the  burial  ground." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting:  — 

"  Article  II.  Voted,  that  the  selectmen  cause  the  graveyard  walls 
to  be  put  in  good  repair  and  the  gravestones  in  said  yard  to  be  set 
upright. 

"  Article  III.  Voted  to  give  liberty  to  individuals  to  set  trees  and 
shrubs  in  and  around  the.,  burial  ground,  under  the  direction  of  the 
selectmen." 

From  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  January  20, 
1851  :  — 


INTRODUCTION.  XV 


"  Article  II.  To  see  if  the  town  will  grant,  to  Noah  Shattuck  and 
others,  leave  to  enclose  and  ornament  according  to  the  modern 
mode  a  lot  or  lots  in  the  common  burial  ground,  and  to  grade  and 
ornament  a  walk  or  mall  with  a  row  of  trees  on  either  side  through 
the  centre  of  said  yard  leading  from  one  gate  to  the  other,  on  con- 
dition that  in  so  doing  no  prior  claims  shall  be  injured." 

It  was  voted  at  the  meeting  to  pass  over  this  article. 
From  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  in  March, 
1851  :  — 

"  Article  X.  To  see  if  the  town  will  make  any  appropriation  for 
ornamenting  the  common  burying  ground. 

"  Article  XL  To  see  if  the  town  will  choose  a  committee  to 
investigate  and  report  on  what  terms  Noah  Shattuck  may  ornament 
and  occupy  about  five  square  rods  of  land  in  the  common  burying 
ground." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  adjourned  meeting,  held 
April  7,  1851  :  — 

"  Article  X.  The  selectmen  were  chosen  a  committee  to  give 
directions  for  any  individuals  wishing  to  ornament  the  yard  with 

trees." 

From  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  November  14, 
1853:  — 

"  Article  VII.  To  see  if  the  town  will  instruct  the  selectmen  to 
repair  the  breach  in  the  burying  ground  wall,  made  by  the  removal 
of  the  tomb  of  Noah  Shattuck  or  pass  any  vote  to  effect  the  same." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting  :  — 

"  Article  VII.  The  subject-matter  of  this  article  was  referred  to 
Joseph  Rugg,  Stuart  J.  Park,  and  Reuben  Lewis,  with  instructions 
to  report  at  future  meeting." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting,  held  April  3,  1854 :  — 

"  Article  II.  Stuart  J.  Park  made  a  verbal  report  in  relation  to 
the  old  burying  yard,  which  was  accepted  and  referred  to  the 
selectmen,  with  instructions  to  carry  out  the  suggestions  of  the 
report." 


XVI  INTRODUCTION. 


From  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  April  5,  1858:  — 

"  Article  VII.  To  see  if  the  town  will  order  the  selectmen  to 
expend  twenty  dollars  in  ornamenting  the  old  burying  ground,  or 
pass  any  vote  in  relation  thereto." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting :  — 

"Article  VII.  Voted,  that  the  selectmen  expend  $20  in  orna- 
menting the  old  burying  ground,  and  also  that  they  should  investi- 
gate the  condition  of  the  same,  and  report  at  a  future  meeting." 

From  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  April  1 ,  1 867 :  — 

"Article  II.  To  see  if  the  town  will  make  an  appropriation  for 
the  improvement  of  the  old  burying  ground." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting :  — 

"Article  II.  Voted,  to  appropriate  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
dollars  to  renovate  the  old  burying  ground  under  the  direction  of 
the  selectmen." 

The  following  report  was  made  at  an  adjourned  meeting, 
held  May  6,  1872,  and  is  found  in  the  records  of  that  date :  — 

"  Article  VI.  The  report  of  the  committee  chosen  in  April  last 
to  examine  the  old  burial  ground  and  report  this  day,  was  read  and 
accepted  by  the  town,  and  the  following  is  a  copy,  to  wit :  — 

" '  The  committee  chosen  at  the  April  meeting  to  examine  the  town 
burial  ground,  and  to  report  to  this  meeting  what  was  necessary  to 
be  done  to  put  the  same  in  permanent  good  order  and  respectable 
condition,  respectfully  report :  — 

" '  That  they  have  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  them,  and,  in  their 
opinion,  taking  into  consideration  durability  and  economy,  the  best 
mode  of  fencing  is  by  stone  wall  to  be  laid  in  the  following  manner; 
to  wit,  to  remove  the  present  walls  upon  the  east  and  west  sides  of 
the  ground,  and  dig  a  trench  not  less  than  three  feet  wide  and 
three  feet  deep,  fill  it  with  small  stones  to  within  six  inches  of 
grade,  then  build  a  wall  of  the  stones  now  in  the  walls,  fitting  them 
together  as  nicely  as  may  be,  three  and  a  half  feet  high,  and  cap  it 
with  a  straightened  granite  cap,  eight  inches  in  height  by  eighteen 
inches  broad,  laid  to  project  two  inches  over  the  face  of  the  wall, 
and  to  build  a  wall  of  the  same  kind,  in  the  same  manner,  upon  the 
north  side,  from  two  to  six  feet  in  front  of  the  face  of  the  tombs 


INTRODUCTION.  XV11 


(depending,  as  to  the  distance  out,  upon  the  number  of  tombs  which 
the  proprietors  are  willing  to  surrender  and  have  demolished),  and. 
to  point  all  said  walls  thoroughly  with  cement.  To  set  gate  posts 
at  each  gate  of  hammered  granite,  eight  square,  and  hang  good 
composite  iron  gates  at  each  gate  way,  with  proper  fastenings, 
leaving  a  passage  for  persons  between  the  gate  posts  and  the  walls. 
To  grade  a  walk  about  eight  feet  in  width  around  the  ground,  and 
set  a  row  of  forest  trees  between  said  walk  and  the  street. 

"  '  The  passage  through  the  grounds  from  one  gate  to  the  other 
should  also  be  graded,  and  trees  set  upon  each  side  of  it.  The 
wall  separating  the  burial  ground  from  the  land  owned  by  individ- 
uals south  of  it  should  be  relaid,  but  may  be  a  rough  wall  or  a 
board  fence  with  stone  posts. 

" '  The  gravestones  should  all  be  righted  up,  the  moss  removed 
where  it  renders  the  inscriptions  illegible,  and  where  possible  the 
ground  smoothed  by  removing  mounds  and  filling  hollows. 

" '  Your  committee  think  the  appearance  of  the  grounds  would  be 
much  improved  if  the  tomb  holders  would  all  consent  to  abandon 
the  tombs,  and  have  them  uncovered  and  filled  up  ;  those  who  have 
friends  in  them  which  they  do  not  wish  to  remove  could  let  them 
remain,  and  the  covering  of  the  tomb  could  be  removed  and  the 
tomb  filled  up.  They  could  then  erect  a  gravestone  or  monument 
with  suitable  inscription  to  mark  the  spot,  and  they  would  have 
the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  the  remains  of  their  friends  were 
permanently  buried,  which  is  more  than  can  be  said  of  them 
now. 

" '  In  talking  with  the  tomb  holders,  your  committee  find  that  more 
of  them  are  willing  to  have  them  demolished,  but  some  few  as  yet 
seem  unwilling.  But  your  committee  think  if  they  would  all  visit 
the  tombs  and  see  the  dilapidated  condition  in  which  some  of 
them  now  are,  and  into  which  condition  others  are  liable  to  come 
when  there  are  no  persons  here  who  are  personally  interested  in 
keeping  them  in  order,  they  would  all  be  ready  at  once  to  give 
them  up  if  they  could  be  assured  that  the  remains  of  those  now  in 
them  would  be  properly  and  permanently  covered. 

" '  Your  committee  find  there  is  about  sixty  rods  of  outside  wall  to 
be  built,  which,  at  the  present  price  of  labor  and  materials,  they 
think  will  cost  about  twelve  hundred  dollars  ;  two  iron  gates  of 
eight  feet  width,  with  their  posts  and  hangings,  about  two  hundred 
and  forty  dollars ;  the  grading,  filling,  and  setting  out  trees, 
perhaps  five  hundred  dollars ;  and  for  contingent  expenses  they 
allow  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ;  making  a  total  of  two  thousand 


Xviii  INTRODUCTION. 


and  ninety  dollars.     All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted  by  your 

committee, 

SAMUEL  W.   ROWE,        ] 

HENRY   A.    BANCROFT,  I  Committee.'' 

JOSEPH  D.   BLOOD, 

"  The  following  resolution  was  passed  unanimously,  to  wit :  — 

" Resolved,  that  we,  the  inhabitants  of  Groton,  in  town  meeting 
assembled,  accept  with  gratitude  the  liberal  offer  of  Mr.  Charles 
P.  Hemenway  of  Boston,  to  pay  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars 
for  the  purpose  of  fencing  and  beautifying  our  town  burial  ground ; 
and  that  we  choose  a  committee  of  three  persons  by  nomination 
from  the  chair,  with  full  power  to  do  the  work  in  accordance  with 
the  report  of  the  committee  chosen  in  April  last,  this  day  made  and 
accepted  by  the  town. 

"  The  following  committee  was  nominated  and  chosen  to  carry 
out  the  plans  for  the  improvements  upon  the  burial  ground,  accord- 
ing to  the  report  of  the  committee ;  viz.,  Samuel  W.  Rowe,  Henry 
A.  Bancroft,  and  George  S.  Gates. 

"Voted,  that  the  town  clerk  be  instructed  to  send  a  copy  of  this 
resolution  to  Mr.  Hemenway." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting,  held  March  2, 1874:  — 

"Article  XIII.  The  report  of  the  committee  chosen  in  May,  1872, 
to  make  improvements  upon  the  old  burial  ground  was  read, 
accepted,  and  ordered  to  be  placed  on  file  in  the  archives  of  the 
town. 

"  Voted,  that  the  selectmen  be  ordered  to  draw  their  warrants  for 
the  amount  paid  out  by  the  committee  over  and  above  the  amount 
of  cash  in  their  hands.  Also 

"  Voted,  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  presented  to  Mr.  Hemenway 
and  a  committee  be  appointed  to  get  up  a  suitable  testimonial  to  be 
presented  to  him  for  his  liberality.  And  S.  W.  Rowe,  Geo.  S. 
Gates,  and  Henry  A.  Bancroft  were  chosen  said  committee. 

"  Voted,  that  a  committee  of  one  person,  consisting  of  S.  W.  Rowe, 
be  appointed,  and  that  a  committee  shall  be  annually  appointed  to 
take  care  of  the  old  burial  ground,  and  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  ($50) 
be  appropriated  for  that  purpose,  subject  to  the  order  of  said 
committee. 

"  Voted,  that  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  ($300)  be  appro- 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 


priated  to  pay  Mr.  Rowe  for  his  services  in  improving  the  old 
burial  ground." 

From  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting,  held  March  I,  1875  :  — 

"  Article  IX.  The  report  of  S.  W.  Rowe,  committee  chosen  in 
March  last  to  take  care  of  the  old  burying  ground,  was  read,  accepted, 
and  its  recommendations  adopted  ;  viz.,  that  the  trees  which  have 
died  be  replaced  with  live  ones  this  spring,  the  brush  and  weeds 
got  rid  of,  and  the  sidewalks  repaired,  &c.,  and  S.  W.  Rowe  was 
again  chosen  a  committee  to  take  care  of  the  ground,  with  authority 
to  expend  fifty  dollars,  if  necessary,  the  coming  year." 

During  the  past  two  years,  Mr.  Rowe  has  been  appointed 
annually  a  committee  to  attend  to  the  same  duties  mentioned 
in  the  last  vote ;  and  a  similar  appropriation  of  money  has 
been  made  to  defray  the  expenses. 


The  verses  immediately  preceding  this  Introduction  were 
written  by  a  lady  of  Rutland,  Vermont,  whose  ancestors,  on 
her  mother's  side,  were  inhabitants  of  Groton  during  two 
centuries. 

The  Epitaphs  were  carefully  copied  by  Mr.  Arthur  Bruce 
Coburn,  of  Charlestown,  now  a  student  of  law ;  and  it  is  to 
him  that  I  am  indebted  for  the  accurate  drawings  from  which 
the  heliotypes  in  this  book  are  made. 

S.  A.  G. 

BOSTON,  May,  1878. 


LIST    OF    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Page 

JAMES  PRESCOTT'S  HEAD-STONE Frontispiece 

COAT-OF-ARMS  OF  JONATHAN  CLARK  LEWIS 86 

COAT-OF-ARMS  OF  JONAS  CUTLER 89 

CAPTAIN  AMOS  AND  MRS.  ABIGAIL  LAWRANCE'S  HEAD-STONE      91 
THE  MONUMENT  TO  OLIVER  SHEPLE,  JR 185 


THE  MONUMENT  TO  COLONEL  WILLIAM  AND  MRS.  ABIGAIL 


PRESCOTT 


250 


DIAGRAM  OF  THE  BURYING  GROUND 263 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1704 

HERE  •  LYETH  •  THE 

BODY-OF-IAMES-PRES 

COTT  •  HEE-  DYED -THE 

9  •  OF  •  MAY  •  I7O4  • 
AGED -2O 'AND -7- WEEKS 

YERES  •  OLD 

E   son   of    JONAS   and   MARY   (LOKER)   PRESCOTT,   born 
March  16,  1684.     See  frontispiece. 


1712 


1712 
S     W 

These  initials  are  found  on  two  foot-stones,  each  bearing  the 
date  1712.  .  I  am  unable  to  identify  the  persons. 


{Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lyes  the  Body 

of  M1:5  Lydia  Whitney, 

Wife  to  Mr.  William 

Whitney  :  Aged  42 

Years  :  Deceased,  the  24th 

of  August,   1716. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1717 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lyes  Buried  the 

Body  of  M?5  Sarah 
Trowbridge,  Wife  to  ye 

Revrnd  Mr  Caleb 

Trowbridge  ;  Aged  26 

Years,  &  5  M?  Dec? 

June,  the  i6th,  1717. 

The  daughter  of  Deacon  THOMAS  and  MARY  (WILSON) 
OLIVER,  of  Cambridge,  born  November  14,  1690.  She  was 
married  March  10,  1714. 

HERE   LYES   Y*   BODY 

OF    MRS    SARAH 

LATE  WIFE   OF 

CAP1  JOSEPH   BOYN 

TON   WHO  DIED 

FEBRUARY   YE   27 

1717  AGED  71 

WHO   IN   GOD   HOUSE 

TOOK   GREAT   DELITE 

&   PRIVATE   MEETINGS 

OF  Y*  UPRIGHT 


I7l8 


[Death's  ffead.] 

Here  Lyes  ye  Body 

of  Mr.!  Alice  Woods 

Wife  to  Mr  Nathaniel 

Woods ;  Who  Dec* 

Jan7  ye  10,*  1717/8,  in  ye 

45th  year  of  Her  Age 

DANIEL  WOODS,  one  of  her  sons,  was  killed  in   Lovewell's 
fight  at  Pigwacket,  May  8,  1725. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1719 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lyes  the 

Body  of  Mr. 
JOSHUA  WHITNEY, 

Aged  83  Years, 
Dec?  August.  7l.h  1719. 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  ELINOR  WHITNEY,  born  July  15,  1635, 
at  Watertown. 


1720 

HERE  LYES  YE  BODY 

OF  MB  JAMES 
ROBERTSON  WHO 
DIED  DECEMBER 

YE  5™  1720 
AGED  88  YEARS 

Mr.  WHITNEY  and  Mr.  ROBERTSON,  named  above,  were  among 
the  earliest  settlers  of  the  town  ;  living  here  before  its  destruction 
by  the  Indians  in  the  year  1676. 


1723 

{Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lyes 

ye  Body  of 

Hannah  Stone 

Who  Decd 
Septf  ye  27* 

1723  in  ye 

25th  Year  of 

Her  Age. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


{Death's  Head.]  [Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lyes  Here  Lyes 

ye  Body  of  ye  Body  of 

Isaac  Stone,  Lydia  Stone 

Who  Decd  Who  Decd 

Septr.  ye  30*  Septr.  ye  3oth 

1723  in  ye  1723  in  ye 

27th  Year  of  i6th  Year  of 

His  Age.  Her  Age. 

The    three    persons    last    named   were  children  of   Deacon 
SIMON  and  SARAH  STONE. 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lyes  Buried 

the  Body  of 

JONAS  PRESCOTT 

Esqr.  Who  Deceased 

Decem1?1"  y6  3ist,  1723 

Aged  76  Years 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  MARY  (PLATTS)  PRESCOTT,  born  at 
Lancaster,  in  June,  1648. 


1724 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lyes  ye  Body 
of  Cap1  JERATHMELL 

BOWERS     Who 
Decd  April  ye  23d 

1724  in  ye  78l.h 
Year  of  His  Age. 

He  had  previously  lived  in  Chelmsford,  of  which  town  he  was 
one  of  the  proprietors  and  a  prominent  inhabitant.  At  different 
times,  he  commanded  a  company  against  the  Indians,  and  was 
a  noted  fighter  of  them.  According  to  Savage,  he  was  born 
May  2,  1650. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


Memento  [ffour-Glass]  Mori 
[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mrs  Deborah  Parker  the  daughter 

of  Cap1  Jonas  Prescott  Esqr  and 

wife  to  Cap4  samuel  Parker  of 

Groton  who  departed  this  Life 

September  the  27*  AD  1724 

in  the  30th  year  of  her  Age 

She  was  born  March  5,  1694. 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lyes  ye  Body  of 
M?  Rebeckah  Lawranc6 

Wife  to  Lieu*. 

Jonathan  Lawrance 

Who  Dec<?  Febu1? 

ye   jgth  1724  Aged 

about  74  Years 

Her  maiden  name  was  RUTTER,  and  she  was  from  Cambridge. 


1725 

[Death's  Head.] 
Here  Lyes  the 
Body  of  Mi  Sarah 
Woods  Wife  to  M' 
Nathaniel  Woods 
Who  Dec1?  March 

ye  3rd  I725  :    in  ye  45 

Year  of  Her  Age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  BROWN,  and  she  was  from  Stow.     She 
was  married  July  3,  1721. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1728 


[Death's  Head.] 
Here  Lyes  Buried 

ye  Body  of  M* 

THOMAS  HUBBARD 

Who  Died  Feb1? 

if  1728,  in  y*  33d 

Year  of  His  Age 


1729 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lyes  ye  Body  of 

Lieu*.  JONATHAN 

LAWRANCE  ;    Who 

Died  Septemb^  y« 

19*,  1729  in  y6  73d 

Year  of  His  Age. 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  ELIZABETH  LAWRENCE,  of  Watertown. 
By  his  will  he  left  £100  to  the  town  of  Groton  for  buying  a 
meeting-house  bell ;  ^40  to  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Groton  for 
procuring  some  silver  plate;  and  £20  to  the  Church,  the  income 
to  be  paid  annually  to  the  settled  minister. 

In  the  account  of  his  estate,  rendered  April  5,  1732,  by  the 
executor,  William  Lawrence,  the  following  items  appear :  — 

Paid  Benj*  Bancroft  for  his  Journey  to  Charlestown 
in  order  to  procure  wine  for  the  Funeral  and  for 

wine  itself       2  „  16  „  6 

Paid  for  the  Coffin  6/  diging  the  Grave  5/      ....  1 1 

For  the  Gravestones  3?  transporting  them  7/       .     .    .  3  „    7  „  o 

Paid  James  Hay  for  Gloves 9  „    2  „ 

[Death's  Head.] 
Here  lyes  y6  Body 

of  Mr  THOMAS 

LAWRANCE  ;    Who 

Died  October  4th 

1729.     Aged  37  Years 

9  Mont11?  &  19  Days. 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  ANNA  (TARBELL)  LAWRENCE. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


[Death's  Head\ 

Here  lyes  Buried 

ye  Body  of  Mre 

Mary  Oliver  Relict 

of  ye  HonVle  Thomas 

Oliver  Esq^    Who  Died 

Decembr  2nd  A.D.  1729, 

Aged  about  67  years. 

Her  maiden  name  was  WILSON  ;  her  husband  lived  in  Cam- 
bridge, where  he  filled  many  important  offices.  The  Reverend 
Mr.  TROWBRIDGE  and  the  Honorable  BENJAMIN  PRESCOTT  each 
married  one  of  her  daughters.  Her  youngest  child,  SAMUEL, 
died  on  the  same  day  as  herself. 


1731 

HERE  LIES  BURIED 

Y«  BODY  OF 
MRS  SARAH  STONE 
Y*WIFE  OF  DEAO 
SIMON  STONE  WHO 

DEPARTED  THIS 
LIFE  SEPTMBR  YE  i6s« 

A-D  1731 

IN  Y*  68SH  YEAR 
OF  HER  AGE 

HERE  LIES 

BURIED  THE 

BODY  OF  SARAH 

FARNWORTH  THE 

DAUGHTER  OF  MR 

JEREMIAH  AND 

MRS  SARAH 

FARNWORTH  WHO 

DIED  NOUMB     Ye   2 

1731   IN  Ye  2  YEAR 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


HERE  LIES 

BURIED   THE  BODY 

OF  Mr  JEREMIAH 

FARNWORTH  WHO 

DIED  NOUEMBER 

THE  25d  1731  & 

IN  Y6  32  YEAR 

OF  HIS  AGE 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  HANNAH  (ALDIS)  FARNSWORTH,  born 
March  24,  1700-1. 

x 

{Death's  Head.] 

Here  lyes  ye  Body 

of  Mr  THOMAS 

FARWELL;  Who 

Died  Decembr  16*  1731 

Aged  33  Years 
2  Mont5  &  5  Day5 


1733 

[Death's  Head.}  [Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  The  Here  Lies  The 

Body  of  Ms  Patienc6  Body  of  M8  Rebekah 

Farnsworth  y6  wife  Farnsworth  y6  wife 

of  Mr  Benjamin  of  Mr  Benjamin 

Farnsworth  Farnsworth 

Who  Departed  this  Who  Departed  this 

Life  July  y6  10th  Life  octbr  y6  ith 

A  D  1733  in  ye  AD  1756  in  ye 

31th  year  of  her  54th  year  of  her 

age  age 

BENJAMIN   FARNSWORTH,  the  husband,   died  of    small-pox, 
September  18,  1757. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1735 

HERE  LIES   BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF  YE 

WIDOW   MARY 

PRESCOTT   RELICK8 

OF  JONAS   PRESCOTT 

ESQR  WHO   DEC0 
OCTOBR  YE   288H   A  D 

1735    IN   YE   82° 
YEAR   OF   HER   AGE 

The  daughter  of  JOHN  and  MARY  (DRAPER)  LOKER,  born 
September  28,  1653  ;  she  was  the  mother  of  twelve  children,  of 
whom  ten  lived  to  grow  up  and  be  married,  each  one  having  a 
large  family.  It  is  said  that  she  lived  to  see  176  of  her 
descendants. 


1736 


[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lyes  Buried 
Ye  Body  of  Cap' 
JOHN  SHEPLE,  Who 
^  Departed  this  life 

Sep1.  i4*h  1736,  in  Ye  60 
Year  of  His  Age. 

All  his  father's  family  —  excepting  himself  —  were  massacred 
by  the  Indians,  in  the  assault  of  1694,  and  he  was  carried  off 
and  held  a  prisoner  during  four  years.  He  is  the  direct  ancestor 
of  the  late  Honorable  ETHER  SHEPLEY,  formerly  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  Maine. 


10  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1738 


HERE   LIES    BURIED 

YB    BODY   OF 
ME   NATHANAEL 

WOODS   WHO 

DECD    JUNE   Y* 

20™   ANNO    1738 

IN    YE    71ST   YEAR 

OF    HIS   AGE 


The  son  of  SAMUEL  and  ALICE  WOODS,  born  March  27,  1668. 


HERE   LIES    BURIED 

YE  BODY   OF  YE 

HONOURABLE   COLL 

BENJAMIN   PRESCOTT 

ESQR    WHO 
DEPARTED   THIS 

LIFE  AUGUST 
YE  3D  ANNO   DOM 

1738   AGE 
42   YEARS   7   M 

&  30   D.  ^ 

The  son  of  JONAS  and  MARY  (LOKER)  PRESCOTT,  born 
January  4,  1696;  married,  June  u,  1718,  ABIGAIL  OLIVER, 
of  Cambridge.  BENJAMIN  was  the  father  of  Colonel  WILLIAM 
PRESCOTT,  who  commanded  the  American  forces  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  II 

1739 

HERE   LIES 

BURIED   YE   BODY   OF 

MRS   ABIGAIL    PRESCOTT 

DAUGHT5    OF    YE 

HONOURABLE   CO"* 

BENJAMIN   PRESCOTT 

ESQB   &  MRS   ABIGAIL 

HIS    WIFE    WHO 

DECD    NOVEMBR 

YE    ;SH    A    D    1739 

AGE    20    YEARS 

6    M    &    12    D 


1740 

HERE   LIES    BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF 
NATHANIEL    HOLDIN 

YE   SON   OF   MB 

NATHANIEL   &    MRS 

ABIGAIL    HOLDIN 

WHO   DEC"  APRIL 

YE   30™    1740 

IN    YK    19™   YEAR 

OF    HIS   AGE 


He  was  born  October  2,  1721. 

HERE  LIES   BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   M8 

NATHANPL   HOLDIN 

WHO   DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 
MAY  YE    15™ 

A   D    1740 

IN  YE   498H  YEAR 

OF   HIS   AGE 

The  son  of  STEPHEN  and  HANNAH  HOLDEN. 


12  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

HERE  LIES   BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   MB 

JOSEPH   FARWELL 

WHO   DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 
AUGUST  YE    2o8H 

A.   D   1740 

AGE  70  YEARS 

&   14  D8 


[Death's  Head.} 
Here  Lies  The  Body 

of  Mr  Obadiah 

Sawtell  Who  Departed 

This  Life  March  The  20th 

A  D  1740  in  y«  92* 

Year  of  his  Age. 

The  son  of  RICHARD  and  ELIZABETH  SAWTELL,  of  Water- 
town  ;  he  married  HANNAH,  daughter  of  GEORGE  and  ELIZABETH 
LAWRENCE. 


1741 

HERE   LIES   BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   DEAC* 

SIMON   STONE 
WHO   DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 
DECEMBB   YE    19™ 

A   D    1741 

AGE  85    YEARS 

3   M   &    ii    D 

The  eldest  son  of  SIMON  and  MARY  (WHIPPLE)   STONE,  of 
Watertown  ;  he  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Groton. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  13 

HERE   LIES   BURIED 

YE    BODY   OF    MB 

EPHRAIM    PEARCE 

WHO   DEPARTED 

THIS    LIFE 
FEBRUARY   YE    2J™ 

A    D    1741 

IN    Y*    68    YEAR 

OF    HIS   AGE 

The  son  of   DANIEL  and  ELIZABETH  PIERCE,  born  October 
>  l673- 


1744 

HERE    LIES    BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   MR 

PHINEHAS   PARKER 

WHO   DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 
AUGUST  YE   i38H 

A .  D.   1744 

IN   YE   63,°   YEAR 

OF   HIS   AGE 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  MARY  (PARKER)  PARKER.  His  father 
and  mother  were  killed  by  the  Indians,  in  their  assault  on  the 
town,  July  27,  1694;  he  was  captured  at  the  same  time,  and  held 
a  prisoner  during  four  years.  He  was  released,  probably  in 
the  summer  of  1698  ;  and  a  petition  to  the  General  Court,  dated 
May  31,  1699,  represents  him  as  being  "lame  of  one  of  his 
Leggs  occasioned  by  ye  cruelty  of  ye  Salvages,"  and  says  that 
"it  is  very  questionable  whether  ever  he  will  be  cured,  &  has 
little  or  nothing  left  him  of  his  Fathers  estate  for  his  support." 
In  answer  to  this  petition,  it  was  voted  that  six  pounds  of  money 
be  allowed  out  of  the  public  treasury. 


14  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\Hour-  Glass •.] 
Memento  Mori 
[CAf  ruffs  Head.} 

HERE  LIES   THE  BODY   OF 

CAPT  JONATHAN   SHEPLE 

WHO  DEPARTED  THIS   LIFE 

NOVEMBER   THE   4TH   1744 

AGED   44  YEARS   9   MONTHS 

AND   4   DAYS 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  LYDIA  SHEPLE,  born  September^  1 7^ 
He  m^rjied,  December  26,  1728,  LYDIA,  daughter  o^ 
LAKIN. 


1745 

HERE   LIES    BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF 
LYDIA   HOLDIN 
DAUGHT*  OF   M« 

A 

NATHANIEL  &  MR9 

ABIGAIL  HOLDIN 
WHO  DEC"  FEBRU'Y, 

Y"    5SH    A   D    1744/5 

IN   Y*   20SH   YEAR 

OF   HER   AGE. 

She  was  born  December  6,  1725. 

[Death's  Head.\ 

Here  Lyes  y« 

Body  of  Elezebeth 

Green  ye  Daughte1" 

of  M^  William  &  Mre 

Hannah  Green, 

who  Died  Agust 

y*  31th  AD  1745 

Being  2  Months 

&  14  days  old. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  15 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Phinehas  Bowers  ye  son  of 

Mr  Samuel  Bowers  and 

Mre  Deborah  his  Wife 

who  departed  this  Life 

September  y6  12th  1745 

Aged  i  year  n  months 

and  12  days 

Memento  Mori 

[Cherub'1  s  Head.} 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Mr3  EUnice 

Boyden  wife  of  M' 

Josiah  Boyden,  who 

departed  this  Life 

Jan?  if  1745.     Age* 

37  years. 

The  daughter  of  SAMUEL  and  ABIGAIL  (LAKIN)  PARKER,  born 
March  n,  1705-6.     She  was  married  January  12,  1730. 


1746 


HERE   LIES   BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   MR8 

ABIGAIL   BULKLEY 

YE  WIFE   OF   CAPT 

JOHN   BULKLEY 
WHO   DEC0   APRIEL  Y1 

15    A)    1746 

IN   YE   40  YEAR 

OF   HER   AGE 

ALSO   5    SONS   & 

2    DAUGHTERS 


1 6  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

1747 

Memento  Mori 

{Death's  Head.] 
Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mrs  Lydia  Sheple 

Relect  to  Cap1  Jonathan  Sheple 

who  departed  this  Life 

October  ye  ioth  1747 

in  the  50*  Year 

of  her  Age 

The  daughter   of    WILLIAM    and    ELIZABETH    LAKIN,   born 
January  14,  1697. 

\Skull  and  Cross-Bones.] 
Here  lyeth  the  Body  of 
M>!j  Unice  Lawrance  the 

Daughter  of  M.T. 

Nathaniel  and  Anna 

Lawrance  who  died 

Nov.  15th  A  D  1747. 

Aged  10  Years  3  month8 

and  21  Days. 


1749 

HERE  LIES   BURIED 

YE  BODY  OF  MH 
JAMES  PARKER 
WHO  DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 
JANUARY   YE   2i8T 

A  D    1748/9 

IN  YE  63°  YEAR 

OF   HIS   AGE 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  MARY  (PARKER)  PARKER,  born  March 
24,  1686-7  >  ne  married  ABIGAIL,  daughter  of  JONAS  and  MARY 
(LOKER)  PRESCOTT. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  17 

HERE    LIES    BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   MR 

JAMES   PARKER   JUNR 

WHO   DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 
JANUARY  YE   2g8H 

A   D   1748/9 
IN   YE   26™  YEAR 

OF    HIS   AGE. 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  ABIGAIL  (PRESCOTT)  PARKER,  born 
February  20, 1722-3.  His  father's  epitaph  immediately  precedes 
his  own. 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  ye  Body  of 
Amos  Farnsworth  ye  Son 
of  Mr  Amos  Farnsworth 

&  Mre  Lydia  his  Wife 

Who  Decd  July  ye  gth 
A  D  1749  in  ye  4th  Year 

of  his  Age     Alsoe  ye 
birth  &  death  of  a  Son 

Sepl>ye  30  A  D  1750 


Here  Lies  Buried 
Ye  Body  of  ye  wid°w 

MARY  PEIRCE 

Relec4  to  Mr.  Ephrjm 

Peirce  Who  Decd 

Decembr  ye  29* 

A.  D  1749       ^ 

In  ye  75  year 

Of  Her  Age. 


1 8  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

1750 

HERE  LIES   BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   MR8 

MARY   PRESCOTT 

WIFE  OF  JONAS 

PRESCOTT   EsfP 

WHO   DECD 
FEBRUARY   YE    17™ 

A.   D.    1749/5° 

ABOUT   75   YEAR8 

OLD 

The  daughter  of  JOHN  and  FAITH  (DUNSTER)  PAGE,  born 
January  9,  1674-5.  She  was  married  April  30,  1718,  and  was 
JONAS  PRESCOTT'S  second  wife. 


[Death's  Head.] 
HERE   LIES   BURIED 

Ye   BODY   OF   DEAC* 

JOHN   LONGLEY 

WHO    DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 

MAY   YE   25™ 

A   D    1750 

IN  YE   68TH  YEAR 

OF   HIS    AGE 

The  son  of  WILLIAM  and  DELIVERANCE  (CRISPE)  LONGLEY. 
When  Groton  was  assaulted  by  the  Indians  July  27,  1694,  he 
was  taken  captive,  and  held  a  prisoner  during  more  than  four 
years. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  19 

HERE   LIES    BURIED 

YE   BODY   OF   CAPT 

JONAS   PRESCOTT   ESQR. 

WHO   DEPARTED 

THIS   LIFE 

SEPTEMBR  YE    i2T.H 

ANNO   DOMINI    1750 

AGE   71    YEARS 

10   M   &    17    Ds 

The   son   of   JONAS   and    MARY    (LOKER)    PRESCOTT,    born 
October  26,   1678. 


1751 

HERE   LIES    BURIED 

YE    BODY    OF    M~s 

ABIGAIL    PARKER 

'     RELECT   WIDOW  OF 

M?    JAMES    PARKER 

WHO    DEPARTED   THIS 

LIFE   AUGUST    14™ 

A.    D.       1751. 

AGE    63    YEARS 

3    M    &   6    DAYS. 

The  daughter  of  JONAS  and  MARY  (LOKER)  PRESCOTT,  born 
May  8,  1688. 

[Death's  Head.\ 

Here  Lies  Buried 

Ye  Body  of  Mr  Jonathan 

Page  First  Son  of 
Ensine  Jona*  &  Mre 

Mary  PAGE  Who 
Departed  This  Life 

August  the  30 

A.  D.  1751.     IN  ye 

42  year  of  His 

AGE 

He  was  born  June  5,  1710. 


20  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

Memento  mori 
[Three  Cherubs'  Heads.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mf  Mercy  Daby  wife  of 

Mr  Simon  Daby,  who  departe^ 

This  Life  August.  31?'  1751. 

Aged  34  yeas  &  10  days. 


Also  Phebe  Likewise  Sarah 

their  Daughter  their  Daughter 

who  departed  Born  at  her 

this  Life  Septemr  Mothers  death 

20l>  1751.     Aged  3^  and  lived  15 

Years,  i  month  &  25  days. 

A  loving  Mother,  a  Pleasant  Child, 
An  Infant  dear,  all  lies  here. 

Naked  as  from  the  Earth  we  came, 

And  crept  to  Life  at  first, 

We  to  the  Earth  return  again, 

And  mingle  with  our  dust. 


[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lies  Buried 

The  Body  of  Ensign6 

JONATHAN   PAGE 

Who  Departed  This 

Life  Septemb_r  30 

Anno  Domini  1751 

In  ye  75  year 

Of  His  Age. 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  FAITH  (DUNSTER)  PAGE,  born  June  24, 
1677,  at  Watertown. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  21 


HERE    LIES    BURIED 

YE    BODY   OF    MRS 

MARY    PRESCOTT 

DAUGHTB   OF    CORLL 

BENJA    PRESCOTT 
ESQB   &   MR8   ABIGAIL 

HIS   WIFE   WHO 
DECD    OCTOBR   YE    25*" 

A   D    1751 
AGE    I 6    YEARS 
2    M    &    l8    D3 


1753 

{Death's  Head.} 

Abel  Lawrence  a  Twin 
Son  of  MX  Abel 
and  MX5  Mary 
Lawrence  Died 
July  ye  14th  1753 
Aged  9  Months 


[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  Buried 

ye  Body  of 

Lemuel  Page  Son 

of  Mr  John  &  Mre 

Mary  Page  Who 

Decd  Augu*  1 8th 

N.  S.  A.  D.  1753 

Age  5  years 

ii  M  &  5  Ds 


22  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


[Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  ye  body  of 
Samuel  Rockwood 

ood 

Son  of  Mr  Elisha  Rock  W 

Who  departed  this  Life 

The  2th  day  of  Sep1 

A  D  1753  in  the 
i2th  year  of  his  age 


[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lies  ye  body 
of  Moses  Rock- 
Wood  Son  of  r  Eli 

M 
Sha  Rock  Wood 

Who  deccd  Sep4 

7th  1753  in  ye 

AD 

ith  year  of  his 
age 


[Death's  Head.}  [Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lies  the  body  And  allso  the  body 

of  Elisabeth  Rock-  of  Lydia  Rockwood 

Wood  daughter  of  Daughter  of  r  Elisha 

M'  M 

Elisha  Rockwood  Rockwood  Who 

Who  departed  this  Departed  this  Life 

Life  the  i7th  day  The  17*  day  of 

of  September  Sep1  A  D  1753 

AD  1753  in  the  in  the  6th  y**1 

i5th  year  of  her  age  of  her  age 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  23 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  the  body  of 
Susasna  parkar  Wife  of 
Mr  William  parkar  Who 

Departed  this  Life 
The  19th  day  of  October 

A  D  1753  in 
The  34  year  of  her  age. 

The  daughter  of  SAMUEL  and  SARAH  KEMP,  born  May  14,  1720. 


[Death's  Head] 

Here  Lies  the  body 
of  Susana  parkar 

Mr 

Daughter  of  William 

parkar  Who  daparted 

This  Life  November 

4th  A.  D  1753  in  the  17th 

year  of  her  age. 

She  was  born  February  10,  1736-7. 


[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Cap1  John  Gillson  Who 

Departed  This  Life  ye 

i7th  Day  of  november 

AD  1753 

in  the  56  year 

of  his  age. 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  SARAH  GILSON,  born  March  2,  1697-8. 
He  married,  first,  December  8,  1722,  MARY,  daughter  of  JOHN 
and  MARY  (BLOOD)  SHATTUCK,  born  April  u,  1699;  and, 
secondly,  RACHEL  


24  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

{Hour-Glass, 

Skull, 

Hora       and       Fugit 
Cross- Bones.} 

This  Stone  is  Erected  by 

MT.  Abel  Parker, 

MT  Josiah  Holdin, 

and  M^  Nathaniel  Laken  :  also 

MT.  John  Blood  &  MT.   Isaac  woods 

to  the  Memory  of  Mr  Joseph 

Parker,  who  departed  this  life 

Nov?  26l.h  1753.     Aged  64  years 

8  months,  and  26  days. 

and  by  M^  Josiah  Parker. 

Dear  friends  for  me  pray  do  not  weep 
I  am  not  dead  but  here  do  sleep, 
Within  this  solid  lump  of  clay  ; 
Untill  the  Resurection  day. 
And  here  indeed  I  must  Remain, 
Till  Christ  doth  rats  me,  up  again. 

The  son  of  JOSEPH  and  HANNAH  PARKER,  born  March  i,  1689. 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

James  Parker  ye  son  of 

Mr  Peter  Parker  and 

Mrs  Prudance  his  wife 

who  departed  this  Life 

Novbr  y6  30*  1753 

in  the  3d  Year 

of  his  Age 

{Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  ye  body 

of  Ms  Abigail  Sawtell  ye 

Wife  of  Cap1  Ephraim 

Sawtell  Who  Departed 

This  life  Decembr  ye  4th 

A  D  1753  in  ye  66th 

year  of  her  age 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  25 


Skull  Skull  Skull  Skull      I 

and         Hour- Glass.        and  and        Hour-Glass.         and 

Cross-Bones.  Cross-Bones.  Cross-Bones.  Cross- B ones \ 


Here  Lies 
The  \  Body  /  of  The 


V 


Lieu1  John  Holdin  MS  Sarah 

M7u    T^         t    i  T-U-  Holdin  The  Wife  of  Lieu1 

Who  Departed  This 

John  Holdin  Who 
Life  Decmbr  2*  This  Life  dec-* 


AD  1753  in  The  2Ith  AD  1753 

The  69  year  in  the  59$  year 

of  his  age.  of  her  age. 

The  son  of  STEPHEN  and  HANNAH  HOLDEN  ;  his  wife  was  the 
daughter  of  JOHN  and  HERITABLE  DAVIS,  born  September  22, 
1694.  JOHN  HOLDEN  was  taken  by  the  Indians  in  the  year  1697, 
and  held  a  prisoner  during  one  year  and  ten  months. 


i7S4 

Memento  Mori 

{Death's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mr  Elezer  Gillson 

Who  departed  this  Life 

February  ye   i6th  1754 

in  ye  59th  Year 

of  his  Age. 

The  son  of  JOSEPH  and  HEPSIBAH  GILSON  ;  he  married,  May 
6,  1719,  HANNAH,  daughter  of  JOSEPH  and  HANNAH  FAR  WELL. 
She  was  born  May  6,  1701,  and  died  May  n,  1762. 


26  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub.] 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  SARAH  TARBELL 

the  wife  of 

MR.  JOHN  TARBELL, 
who  departed  this  life 

the  i9th  of 

April  1754;  in  the 

29th  year  of  her  age. 

Her    maiden    name   was    PARKER  ;    she  was   probably    the 
daughter  of  SAMUEL  and  SARAH  PARKER,   born  December   2, 

1725- 

Memento  mori 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lyes  the  Body  of 

Mr  William  Pierce 

who  departed  this 

Life  May  ye  i6th  1754 

in  the  4ist  year 

of  his  Age 

Memento  Mori 

[Death's  Head] 

Here  Lies  ye  Body  of  Mr 

James  Dickinson  who 

Departed  This  Life  July 

ye  ^th  jf)  1754  in  ye  69th 

Year  of  his  Age 

[Death's  Head] 

Here  Lies  ye  body 

of  Ephraim  Farnsworth 

ye  Son  of  Leu1  Ezra 

&  Abigail 

Farnsworth  Who 

Departed  This  Life 

Septbr  ye  2th  AD  1754 

in  ye  8th  year  of  his  age 

He  was  born  August  9,  1747. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  27 

1755 

Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.} 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 

MI  Josiah  Green, 

{Son  of  M^  Jonathan 

Green  6-  M?  Sarah  his 

wife)  who  departed  this 

Life  Decf  28?  1755. 

In  the  28lrh  year 

of  his  Age. 

He  was  born  February  26,  1727-8. 


1756 

[Death's  Head.} 
Here  Lies  ye  body  of 
Thomas  Woods  Son 
of  Leut  isa'c  Woods  Who 
Departed  this  Life  Febr 
ioth  A  D  1756  in  ye  28 
year  of  his  age 

The   son  of  ISAAC  and  ABIGAIL  (STEVENS)   WOODS,  born 
December  29,  1728. 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  ye  Body  of 

Sarah  Farnsworth  ye 

Daughter  of  Mr  Amos 

Farnsworth  &  M™  Lydia  his  wife 

who  Deced  Sep1  ye  i9th  A)  1756 

in  ye  20th  Year  of  her  Age 

The  eldest  child  of  AMOS  and  LYDIA  (LONGLEY)  FARNSWORTH, 
born  October  10,  1736. 


28  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lies 

The  Body  of  Mr  Jarne5 

Green  who  Departed 

This  Life  Septbr  ye  2ith 

AD  1756  in  ye  28th 

year  of  his  age 

The  son  of  ELEAZER  and  ANNA  (TARBELL)  GREEN,  born  June 
19,  1728. 


i7S7 

Memento  Mori 

[Death's  Head.]  % 

Here  Lies  the  Body  of 
Cap1  Thomas  Tarbell 
Who  Departed  this  Life 

May  the  30th  1757 

Aged  69  Years  8  Months 

&  5  days 

The  eldest  son  of  THOMAS  and  ELIZABETH  (WOODS)  TARBELL, 
born  September  15,  1687.  Two  of  his  brothers,  JOHN  and 
ZECHARIAH,  and  a  sister  J$AHAH»  were  carried  off  by  the  Indians, 
June  20,  1707^  and  taken  to  Canada.  The  boys  afterward 
married  Indian  wives,  and  their  descendants  are  still  living 
among  the  Indians  at  St.  Regis,  a  village  near  the  New  York 
State  line,  on  the  St.  Lawrence  River.  The  epitaph  of  his 
brother  WILLIAM,  born  June  10,  1689,  appears  at  the  bottom 
of  the  opposite  page. 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lies  ye  Body  of  Mr 

Benjamin  Farnsworth  Junr 

Who  Departed  This  Life 

Augst  ye  3ith  A  D  1757 

Aged  20  Years  5  Months 

&  28  Days  who  Died  with 

Ye  Small  pox 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  REBEKAH  FARNSWORTH,  born 
February  24,  1736. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  29 

Memento  Mori 
{Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  The  Body  of  Mr 

Benjamin  Farnsworth  Who 

Departed  This  Life  Sep{  ye  i8th 

AD  1757  Aged  58  Years 

7  Months  &  22  Days 
who  Died  with  y6  small  Pox 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  MARY  (PRESCOTT)  FARNSWORTH, 
born  January  16,  1699. 

Memento  Mori 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  Lies  ye  Body  of  Mrs  Abigail 
Holdin  ye  Wife  of  Mr  Nathanael 
Holdin  Who  Departed  This  Life 
Septbr  ye  29th  AD  1757  in  ye  66th 

Year  of  her  Age 

Her  maiden  name  was  STONE  •  she  was  probably  the  daughter 
of  Deacon  SIMON  and  SARAH  STONE. 

[Death's  Head} 

Here  Lies  a  Daughter 

of  D'  Oliver  Prescott 

&  m*  Lydia  his  wife 

Born  Nov^  ye  19'* 

'757- 
Still  Born. 

Memento  Mori 

[Skull  [Cherub's  Head.]  [Skull 

an<?  Here  Lies  ye  Body  of  and 

Cross-Bones.]  Lieut  William  Tarbell  Who          Cross-Bones.] 

Departed  This  Life  Decembr  ye 

26th  A  D  1757  in  y6  69th  Year 

of  His  Age 

Here  lies  intomVd  in  this  grave  here 
A  Husband  kind,  a  parent  dear 
A  Neighbour  good  the  poor  mans  friend 
Whom  death  hath  brought  unto  his  end 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1758 


Memento  [Hour- Glass.]  Mori 
[Cherub's  Head] 

HERE  LIES  THE  BODY  OF 

MB  JOHN  BLOOD 

WHO  DEPARTED  THIS  LIFE 

AUGUST  THE  23?  1758 

IN  THE  70™  YEAR 

OF  His  AGE. 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  ABIGAIL  BLOOD,  born  March  16,  1689. 
His  father  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  September  13,  1692. 


[Skull  [Hmir-Glass.]  [Skull 

and  Memento  mori  and 

Cross-Bones]  Cross-Bones.  1 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Halt  Passenger  as  you  go  past 
Remember  time  it  runethfast 
My  dust  in  narow  Bounds  do  lie 
Remember  man  that  thou  must  die 

From  Here  lies  the  Body  of  Age 

Mr  Jacob  Lakin 
who  was  Born  in  Groton 
and  departed  this  Life 

Deaths  August  the  2gth  1758  is 

Aged  57  Years 
8  Months  & 
22  days 

Arrist  no  free 

This  dust  revive  it  Shal  again 
And  in  a  grave  no  more  remain 
When  trumpet  Sounds  I  Shal  arise 
And  Selebrat  my  God  his  praise 

The  son  of  JOSEPH  and  ABIGAIL  LAKIN,  born  December  7,  1700. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Memento  mori 

[Skull  and  Cross-Bones.\ 

Here  lyeth  the  Body 

of  M"  Anna  Lawrance 

the  wife  of  Ml 
Nathaniel  Lawrance, 
who  Departed  this 
Life  Sep*:  3?  A.D.  1758 
Aged  73  Years  8  month8 

and  21  Days. 
Her  maiden  name  was  SCRIPTURE. 


Memento  Mori 

[Death's  Head.\ 

Here  Lies  Buried  the  Body  of 

free  Mr.  Benjamin  Stone  From 

Who  Departed  this  Life 
September  the  23d  1758 

in  the 

Is  53d  Year  Deaths 

of  his  Age 
Age  no  Arest 

The  son  of  Deacon  SIMON  and  SARAH  STONE,  born  August  12, 
1706. 

Memento  mori 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Ensign  Obidiah  Parker 

who  departed  this  Life 

Sep?  y6  28?  1758  in  the 

6 if  year  of  his  Age 
Halt  passenger  as  you  go  past 
Remember  time  it  runneth  fast 
My  dust  in  narrow  bounds  do  lie 
Remember  man  that  thou  must  die 
This  dust  revive  it  shall  again 
And  in  a  grave  no  mor  remain 
When  trumpet  Sounds  I  shall  be  raisd 
For  this  God's  holy  word  hath  said 


32  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Hottr-Class.] 
Memento  Mori 
[Death's  Head.] 
HERE  LIES  THE  BODY  OF 

MR  JONATHAN  GREEN 

WHO  DEPARTED  THIS  LIFE 

OCTOBER  THE  ioth  1758 

IN  THE  58th  YEAR 

OF  HIS  AGE. 

He  married,  February  25,  1724-5,  SARAH,  daughter  of  JOSIAH 
and  LUCY  LAKIN. 

Memento  Mori 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lies  the  Body  of 

Benjamin  woods  the  son  of 

Mr  John  woods  &  Mre 

sarah  his  Wife  who 

Departed  this  Life 

November  19*  1758 

Being  19  Years  3  weeks 

&  5  days  old 

He  was  born  October  13,  1739. 

Memento  mori 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mr  Jonathan  Green  Junr 

born 

May  ye  nth  1733 

and  departed  this  Life 

December  ye  22d  1758 

Aged  25  Years  7  months 

and  n  days. 
The  son  of  JONATHAN  and  SARAH  (LAKIN)  GREEN. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


33 


1759 

Memento  Mori 
[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mr  David  Nutting 

who  departed  this  Life 

Feberuary  the  24  1759 

in  the  36th  Year 

of  his  Age 

The  son  of  EBENEZER  and  RUTH  (SHATTUCK)  NUTTING,  born 
August  20,  1724. 


[Death's  Head.] 

Here  Lies  the  Body  of 

sarah  Holdin  the  Daughter 

of  M.r.  Isaac  Holdin 

&  M1^  sarah  his  wife 

who  was  Born  January 

19th  &  Died  March 

the  6th 


Memento  Mori 
[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mr  John  Conn 
from  who  departed  this  Life 

March  i6th  1759 

Death's  in  the  76th  Year 

of  his  Age 

Arrist  no 


Age 


u 


free 


34 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

James  Parker  ye  2d  son  of 

Mr  Peter  Parker  and 

Mrs  Prudance  his  Wife 

who  departed  this  Life 

March  ye  27th  1759 

in  the  3d  Year 

of  his  Age 


Memento  Mori 
[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mre  Esther  Parker  the  Wife  of 

Mr  Abel  Parker  who  was  Born  in  Groton 

May  the  2ish  1726  &  departed  this  Life 

April  the  5*  1759  Aged 

thirty  two  Years 

ten  months  and 

fifteen  days 

Halt  pashenger  as  you  go  past 
Remember  time  it  runethfast 
Thy  dust  in  narou  Bounds  do  lie 
Remember  man  that  thou  must  die 
This  dust  revive  it  shall  again 
And  in  a  grave  no  more  remain 
When  trumpet  sounds  I  shall  arise 
And  selebrat  my  God  his  Prais 

The  daughter  of  JONATHAN  and  ELIZABETH  (CHAMBERLAIN) 
SHATTUCK  ;  she  was  married  May  10,  1750. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  35 

Memento  [ffour-Glass]  Mori 

[  Cherub's  Head.} 

HERE   LIES   THE   BODY   OF 

CAPT   JOHN   STEVENS    ESQR 

WHO   DEPARTED   THIS  LIFE 

APRIEL   THE    i;'h   1759 

IN   THE   55th  YEAR 

OF   HIS    AGE 

Here  lies  y6 

Body  of  Asa 
Child  son  of  W.. 
Moses  Child  & 
M?  Sarah  his 
wife,  who  died 
June  16*  1759. 
Aged  2  months 

and  8  days. 

Here  lies  ye  Body 

of  Phebe  Daughter 

of  Mr  Israel  and  Mrs 

Anna  Hobart  who 

died  NovVr  2<?  1759 

Aged  2  months  &  27 

days. 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 
Ase  Lawrence  ye  son  of 
Cap1  Amos  Lawrence  & 

M™  Abigail  his  Wife 
who  departed  this  Life 

Novbr  ye  6th  1759 

Aged  3  Years  5  months 

and  6  days 


36  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1760 


Memento  Mori 
[Death's  ffead.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 
Joshua  Richeson  the  son  of 
Mr  Converse  &  Mrs  Mercy 
Richeson  who  died  Febr 

the  6th  AD  1760 
Aged  i  year  10  months 
and  2  days 


Here  lies  ye 

Body  of  Salla 

Child  Daughter 

of  M'  Moses 

Child  and  M? 

Sarah  his  wife 

who  died  May 

25'"  1760.     Aged 

i  month  &  29  day5- 


Memento  [ffour-Glass]  Mori 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 
Mrs  sarah  Parker  the  second 
wife  to  Cap1  samuel  Parker 

who  departed  this  Life 

August  the  2ist  AD  1760 

in  the  69*  year 

of  her  Age 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  37 

[A  TABLET.] 

UNDERNEATH  THIS  STONE  LIES  THE  BODY  OF  THE 

REvd  CALEB  TROWBRIDGE,  late  Pastor  of  the  Church 

of  Christ  in  Groton,  born  of  reputable  Parents  in  the  Town 

of  Newton,  educated  at  Harvard  College  in  Cambridge 

New-England  ;  of  such  natural  and  acquir'd  Endowments  as 

render'd  him  an  Ornament  and  Blessing  in  the  several 

Relations  which  he  sustain'd  :  he  was  a  good  steward  over  the 

House  of  God,  and  discharg'd  the  Duties  of  his  Pastoral 

relation  with  Prudence  and  Impartiality,  Diligence  and 

Fidelity,    He  was  a  tender  and  loving  Husband,  an  affectionate 

and  kind  Parent ;  an  agreable  and  faithful  friend  ;  and  a  Useful 

Member  of  Society :  He  was  much  belovd  and  respected  while 

he  liv'd,  and  dyed  greatly  lamented,  the  gth  day  of  septf 

A  D,  1760,  in  the  69l,h  year  of  his  Age  and  46^  of  his  Ministry, 

and  is  we  trust  recieving  the  reward  of  his  Labours  in  the 

Kingdom  of  his  Lord  :  and  in  Honour  to  his  Memory  his  loving  People 

have  erected  this  Monument  over  his  Grave. 

Blessed  are  the  Dead  that  die  in  the  Lord  for  they  rest  from  their 

Labour  and  their  works  do  follow  them. 

The  Memory  of  ye  Just  is  Blessed. 


Memento  Mori 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  Buried  ye  Body  of 

Mrs  Mary  Follingesbe  Relict 

of  Mr  Thomas  Follingesbe 

who  Died  October  ye 

20*  AD  1760 
Aged  about  82  years 


38  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Memento  [Hour-Class}  Mori 
[Death's  Head.\ 

Here  lies  ye  Body  of  Simeon  Ames  ye   son 
of  MT.  samuel  and  M1?  Hannah  Ames.     A  hope- 
ful &  promising  young  man,  but  cruel 
death  that  regards  none  snatched  him  out 
of  the  world  in  the  Bloom  of  Life,  and 
early  frustrated  the  fond  hopes  of 
his  indulgent  Parents,  and  the 

raised  Expectation  of  his 

acquantance,  he  was  much  beloved 

in  his  Life  and  greatly  Lamented 

in  his  death  he  died  of  the  small  pox 

december  ye  ioth  AD  1760  Aged 

19  years  5  months  and  6  days 

Remember  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy 

youth  for  thus  saith  the  Lord  I  Love  them 

that  Love  me  and  those  that  seek  me  early  shall  find 


me. 


Memento  mori 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lyes  the  Body  of 

William  Parker  Son  of 

Mr  William  and  Mre 

Shusanna  Parker  who 

Died  of  the  small  Pox 

January  ye  8th  A.  D.  1761  in 

the  20th  year  of  his  Age 

He  was  born  September  28,  1741.     His  father's  epitaph  and 
a  sister's  appear  on  the  next  page. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  39 

Memento  [ff  our-  Glass}  mori 
[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lyes  the  Body  of 

Mr  William  Parker 
who  Died  of  the  small  Pox 
February  ye  Ist  AD  1761  in 

yC     JJlSt      yeaj.     Qf    Jjj 


The  son  of  ISAAC  and  RUTH  PARKER,  born  August  19,  1710; 
he  married,  March  30,  1736,  SUSANNA  KEMP. 


[Cherub's  Head.} 
Memento  mori 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Joseph 

Davis,  son  of  Mr 

Benj?  Davis  &  M™ 

Sarah  his  wife,  he 

died  Feb*   13*  1761 

In  ye  1 6th  year  of  his  age 

Likeways  Elizabeth  there 

Daughter  died  Feb'  27?  1762. 

In  ye  12  month  of  her  age. 


Memento  mori 
[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lyes  the  Body  of 

Sibbel  Parker  daughter 

of  M1:  William  and  M1? 

Shusanna  Parker  who 

Died  of  the  small  Pox 

may  ye  ioth  A  D  1761  in  the 

17*  year  of  her  Age 

She  was  born  May  i,  1744. 


40  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

{Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body 

of  Abigail  Richardson 

Daughter  of  Mr  Abiel  & 

Mrs  Sarah  Richardson 

who  died  May  y6  13* 

1761  in  the  8th  year 

of  her  age 


1762 


Memento  mori 

[Death's  Head.\ 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mre  Hannah  Sawtell  the 

Second  wife  of  Cap1. 

Ephraim  Sawtell 

who  departed  this 

Life  March  15* 

A.  D  1762.     Aged  60 

10  months 

YearsA  and  9  days 

The  daughter  of  JOSEPH  and  HANNAH  FARWELL,  born  May  6, 
1701.  She  married,  May  6,  1719,  for  her  first  husband,  ELEAZER 
GILSON,  and  March  26, 1755,  for  her  second,  EPHRAIM  SAWTELL. 

Memento  mori 
[Death's  Head.] 
Here  lies  the  Body  of 
Mra  Prudence  Whitney  ye 
wife  of  Mr  Shadrach  Whitney 
who  departed  this  Life 
Dec1:  25?"  A:D:  1762. 
in  the  68'h  year  of  her 
Age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  LAWRENCE  ;  she  was  married  January 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  4! 


1763 


Memento  mori 

[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body 

of  M1?  Anna  Fletcher; 

the  wife  of  M*  Paul- 

-Fletcher  ;  who  died  April 

the  if  A.  D.  1763.  in  the  27  V 

year  of  her  Age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  WILLARD,  and  she  was  from  Lancaster. 
She  was  married  August  20,  1760. 


[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Samuel 

son  of  M'  Ebeneze* 

Patch  and  M? 

Sarah  his  wife 

who  died  May  2o*h 

1763  Aged  3  years 

2  months  and 

ii  days. 


Memento  mori 

[Death's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

M'rs  Deborah  Longley 

Relict  of  Deacon  John 

Longley  who  departed 

this  Life  Novbr  the  7th 

A  D  1763  in  the  72d  year 

of  her  Age 

Her  maiden  name  was  HOUGHTON. 


42  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1764 


[A   TABLET.] 

Here  lye  the  remains  of  Coll?  William 
Lawrence,  who  departed  this  Life  May  19'" 
A.D.  1764.  Anno  yEtatis  67. 
He  was  a  Gentleman  who  in  military  life  rose 
from  the  rank  of  Cap?  Lieu'  to  the  command  of 
a  Regiment.     In  the  year  1739,  he  was  made  a  Justice 
of  the  peace  afterwards  Quorum  unus  ;  a  special 
Justice  of  the  court  of  common  Pleas  for  the  County 
of  Middlesex,  and  a  standing  Justice  of  the  Court. 
He  for  many  years  represented  the  Town  of  Groton 
with  the  Districts  of  Pepperrell  and  Shirley  in  the 
general  Assembly  of  this  Province.     In  all  his  public 
betrustsments  he  acquitted  himself  with  fidelity 
and  honour.     In  private  life  his  behavior  was 
becoming  his  Christian  profession.     He  was  remark= 
ably  industrious  in  the  improvement  of  time,  Just  in  his 
dealings,  a  good  neighbour,  a  faithful  friend,  patient 
of  injuries  and  ready  to  forgive  them,  gratefull  to 
Benefactors,  very  ready  in  affording  assistance  to 
the  widow  and  fatherless,  and  mercifull  to  all  proper 
Objects  of  pity.     He  was  a  strict  observer  of  the 
Lords  Day,  a  constant  and  serious  attender  on 
the  public  exercises  of  Religin,  a  devout  worship= 
er  of  God  in  his  family. 

Blessed  are  the  dead  who  dye  in  the  Lord. 
Here  also  lies  the  Body  of  M?  Susanna 
Lawrence  Relict  of  the  above  named  Coil- 
William  Lawrence 

She  was  a  woman  of  Piety  and  good  Sense, 
An  industrious,  Prudent  wife ;  an  indulgent 
Parent,  a  good  Neighbour,  a  faithfull  Friend, 
A  hater  of  Hypocrisy  and  Guile  ;  a  lover  of 
Hospitality,  Patiet  under  Affliction  and  Resigned  to 
The  will  of  Heaven  in  death  by  which  she 
was  called  out  of  the  world  to  Receive  the 
Rewards  of  a  faithfull  Servant  on  the  ioth  of 
Sep<  &  in  the  8o'h  year  of  her  Age.  A)  :  1771. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  43 

Memento  mori 
[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mr  Shaderah  Whitney 

who  departed  this  Life 

August  the  8':h  A-  D  1764 

in  the  67l.h  Year  of 

his  Age. 
from  death  Arrest  no  Age  is  free. 

He  made  his  will  a  few  weeks  before  his  death,  and  bequeathed 
to  the  town  the  sum  of  .£40,  the  income  to  be  applied  to  the 
support  of  the  minister.  His  wife  died  December  25,  1762  ; 
they  probably  left  no  children. 

Memento  mori 
[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  Buried  ye  Body 
of  Mr  Samuel  Bowers  Son 
of  Mr  Samuel  Bowers  and 

Deborah  his  wife  who 

departed  this  Life  August 

3o'.b  A  D  1764  Aged  28  years 

8  months  and  26  days 

He  was  born  December  6,  1735. 

Memento  mori 
[Death's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mrs  Mary  Wait  the  wife 

of  Mr  Phinehas  Wait 

who  departed  this  Life 

October  ye  8l.h  A.  D.  1764 

in  the  7olh  year  of  her 

Age 

Her  maiden  name  was  HUBBARD  :  she  was  married  March  14, 
1731-2. 


44  GROTON  EPITAPHS. 


I76S 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the  Body 
of  M?  Peter  Bulkley, 
Son  of  John  Bulkley 
Esq'  and  M?  Abigail 
his  wife,  who  depar- 
ted this  Life  May 
9?  1765.     In  the  25?* 
year  of  his  age. 


[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Ebenezer 

Son  of  M'  Ebenezer 

Patch  &  M15  sarah 

his  wife  who  died 

July  8th  1765  Aged 

4  years  5 

months  & 

9  days 


Hora  [Hour- Glass]  fugit 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of 

Abigail  Prescott  the  Daughter 

of  Dr  Oliver  Prescott  and 

Mre  Lydia  his  wife  who 

died  with  the  Throat 

Distemper,  aug*.  5?  1765. 

age,  5  years,  5  months 

and  1 6  days. 


She  was  born  February  21,  1760. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  45 

Memento  mori 

[Skull  and  Cross- Banes.] 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

M?  Lucy  Prescott,  the 

Daughter  of  the  Honl8 

Benjl  Prescott  Esq*  and 

M?  Abigail  his  wife,  who 

died  with  the  Throat= 

Distemper  Aug'  10?  1765 

Age  37  years,  5  months 

and  13  Days. 

Blessed  are  the  dead  who 

die  in  the  Lord. 

She  was  born  February  25,  1728-9. 

[Death's  Head.] 

Thomas  the  Son  of 

D^  Oliver  Prescott  & 

M™  Lydia  his  wife,  who 

died  with  the 

Throat  Distemper 

aug?  io'h  1765 

Age  10  months 

He  was  born  October  u,  1764. 

Memento  [Skull  and  Cross-Boms]  mori 

Here  lyeth 

the  Body  of  W, 

Nathaniel  Lawrance, 

who  departed  this 

Life  Sep*:  12?  A.D.  1765 

Aged  87  Years,  6  month5 

and  21  Days. 

The  son  of  ENOCH  and  RUTH  (WHITNEY  [  SHATTUCK) 
LAWRENCE,  born  February  21,  1677-8,  at  Watertown.  The 
mother  was  the  widow  of  JOHN  SHATTUCK,  when  she  married 
ENOCH. 


46  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Memento  mori 
{Skull  and  Cross- B  ones. \ 

Here  lies  the  Body 
of  M?  Abigail  Prescott, 

Relict  of  the  Honl" 

Benjamin  Prescott  Esq' 

who  departed  this  Life 

SepV  \Tp 

Annoq ;  Domini  1765, 
Aged  68  years,  5  months, 

19  Days. 
The  memory  of  the  just  is  Blesse? 

The  daughter  of  the  Honorable  THOMAS  and  MARY  (WILSON) 
OLIVER.     She  was  the  mother  of  Colonel  WILLIAM  PRESCOTT. 

\CheruVs  Head.] 
Here  lies  the  Body  of 
Abel  Prescott  the  son 

of  James  Prescott 
Esq'  &  M™  Susanna  his 
wife,  who  died  with  the 

Throat  Distemper 

Sept1:  i7-h  A.  D.  1765. 

Aged  5  years,  4  months 

24  Days. 

He  was  born  April  23,  1760. 

[  Cherub's  Head.}  [  Cherub's  Head.  ] 

William  the  son  Sarah  the  Daughter 

of  James  Prescott  of  James  Prescott 

Esq'  &  M?  Susanna  Esq!  &  M?  Susanna 

his  wife,  who  died  his  wife,  who  died 

with  the  Throat=  with  the  Throat* 

Distemper  Sept'  19th  Distemper  Septr  20th 

A:  D:   1765.  A:  D:   1765 

Aged  3  years,  6  Aged  17  months, 

months,  21  Days.  17  days. 
From  Death's  arrest  no  Age  is  free. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  47 

Memento  mori 

\CheruVs  Head.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  M:8  Lucy 

Trobridge,  daughter 

of  Ms  John  Woods  & 

M™  Sarah  his  wife,  who 

departed  this  Life 

DecemI  2$?  1765.  In 

ye  ^ if  year  of  her  age. 

This  monument  is  Erected 

by  her  father  to  her  memor? 

The  daughter  of  JOHN  and  SARAH  (LONGLEY)  WOODS,  born 
May  18,  1735,  and  the  first  wife  of  THOMAS  TROWBRIDGE. 


1766 


Memento   mori 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  M?  Mary 

Parker  wife  of  Lieu* 

Benjamin  Parker, 

who  departed  this 

Life  June  i6f  1766. 

In  the  67th  year 

of  her  age. 

The  daughter  of  ZECHARIAH  and  MARY  SAWTELL,  born  April 
ii,  1697. 

Here  lies 

the  Body  of 

Silas  Barren,  son  of 

M1-  Silas  parker  barren 

&  M"  Abigail  his  wife, 

who  died  of  the  108 

Convulsion-fit  Aug'  7'h 

A.  D.  1766.  Aged  3  week5 

and  i  day. 


48  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Here 

lies  the  Body 

of  Rebekah  Sawtell 

the  Daughter  of  M* 

Jonathan  Sawtell  & 

M?  Mary  his  wife, 

who  died  Sep.  5*h 

A.  D.  1766.  Aged  i  Year 

7  months  &  8  Days. 

She  was  born  January  28,  1765. 


Here  lies 

the  Body  of 

Josiah  Sartell  son 

of  M'  Ephraim  Sartell 

Jun*  and  M"  Abigial 

his  wife,  who  died 

October.  2  6V  A.  D. 

1766.  Aged  4  Years, 

8  months  &  26  Day5 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  Interred  the 

Body  of  M7  Elizebeth 

Farnsworth,  third  wife  of 

M'  Aaron  Farnsworth 

Formerly  the  wife  of  M' 

Josiah  Parker,  who  deparAe 

This  Life  December  12? 

1766.  In  the  47th  Year  of 

her  Age.  this  Monumen1 

is  Erected  by  Josiah 

Parker's  Children. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  49 


Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lieth  the  Body  of 
Phinehas  Bowers  ye  Son  of 

M!  Samuel  Bowers  and 

M"  Deborah  his  wife,  who 

Departed  this  Life  July  .27th 

1767. 
Age  1 6  Years,  6  months, 

and  15  days, 
He  was  born  October  2,  1750. 

[Urn.  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  Urn. 

SACRED 
to  the  memory 

of 
EUNICE  SHEPLE 

wife  of 

Joseph  Sheple  Esf. 

who  died 

Aug.  1767 

JEt  42. 


1767 


Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  Interred 

the  Body  of  Cap*: 

Ephraim  Sawtell, 

who  departed  this 

Life  October  8? 

1768.    In  the  83?  year 

of  his  age. 

Dear  friends  for  me  pray  do  not  weep, 
I  ame  not  dead  but  here  do  sleep, 
Within  this  solid  lump  of  clay, 
Until, the  Resurection  Day  : 
And  here  indeed  I  must  remain, 
Till  Christ  shall  rais  me  up  again. 


1768 


50  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Here 
lies  the 

Body  of  Luther 

Russell  son  of  M* 

Ephraim  Russell 

&  M™  Miriam  his 

wife,  who  died 

Novem?  17?  1768. 

Aged  4  months, 

3  weeks  &  3  days. 

Memento  [Three  Cherubs'  Heads] 

Here  lies 

Buried  the  Body  of 

M'  Samuel  Bowers  of 

Groton,  who  departed  this 

Life  the  Sixteenth 

Day  of  December 

Anno  Domini  1768.- 

Half  a  hour  after 

Three  of  the  Clock  in  ye 

Afternoon,  and  in  the 

Fifty  Eight  year 

Of  his  age. 

The  son  of  SAMUEL  and  ESTHER  BOWERS,  born  December  21, 
1711.  He  lived  in  the  present  Champney  house,  where  he  kept 
a  tavern  during  many  years. 


1769 


Memento  mori 
{Cherub's  Head^\ 

Here  lies 
Interr'd  the  Remains 

of  M? 
Susannah  Underwoof 

A 

wife  of  M'  Joseph 

Underwood  who 

Departed  this  Life 

Fett  1 8V  1769.    In  the 

82  Year  of  her  Age. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  51 

x 

Memento  mori 

[Cherttb.} 

Here  lies  the  Remains  of 

Miss  Mary  Lakin  the 
Daughter  of  M'  William 

Lakin  and  M™.  Miriam 

his  wife  who  departed 

this  Life  June  3f  1769. 
In  the  28th  year  of  her  age. 

Corruption  earth  and  worms, 
Shall  but  refine  her  flesh  ; 
Till  her  triumphant  Spirit  comes, 
To  take  it  on  afresh. 

She  lived  desaired  and 
died  lamented. 

She  was  born  April  25,  1742. 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Lieu* 

Benjamin  Parker, 

who  departed 
this  Life  Oct!  2gth 

1769.    Aged  77 
years  10  months  &  25 
days. 

The  son  of  JOSEPH  and  HANNAH  PARKER,  born  December  3, 
1691 ;  he  married,  October  23,  1718,  MARY  SAWTELL. 


52  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1770 

Here 

lies  ye  Body 

of  Lucy  Tarbell 

Daughter  of  M' 

Oliver  &  M?  Luc? 

A 

Tarbell  who  di- 
ed Jan'  i4'h  1770 

Aged  2  years  7 
months  &  8  days. 


[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Sarah  DaughlAer 

of  M'  Ebenezer  Patch 

and  Mre  Sarah  his 

wife  who  died  April 

2*!  1770  Aged  13  years 

6  months 

and  1 8 

days. 

She  was  born  September  15,  1756. 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the  Body 
of  M?  Mary  Page  wife 

Ensign  Jonathan 

Page  who  departed 

this  Life  May  22f 

1770.  In  the  90?  Yea 

of  her  Age. 

T/iis  Monument  is  Erected  by  her 
son  Benjamin  Page. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  53 

{Cherub's  Head.] 
Memento  mori 

Here  lies  Inter'd  the  Remains  of 
ABEL  Lawrence  Esqr:  son  of  ye  late  Col- 

W-  Lawrence  &  Susanna  his  wife, 

Being  formed  by  y6  God  of  ye  Spirits  of  all 

flesh  with  Superiour  intallectual  abiliti*8 

he  was  Called  forth  in  Early  life  to  the 

mannagement  of  publick  bussiness,  and 

acquitted  himself  with  honour,  he  was 

for  Several  years  a  member  of  ye  General 

Court,  a  Justice  of  ye  peace  ;  he  was  affable 

in  his  Disposition  when  he  saw  any  in 

Distress  he  felt  for  them,  &  was  ready  to 

Releive  them  to  the  utmost  of  his  power. 

Beleiving  a  state  of  immortality,  he  endav- 

oured  to  secure  happiness  therein,  by  the 

Exercise  of  Repentance  towards  God  &  faith 

in  Christ,  after  patiently  Endureing  a  long 

and  distressing  illness,  he  submitted  to 

the  Stroke  of  all  Conquering  death 

on  the  2o*h  of  September  A)  1770. 

Anno  ^Etatis  41 


Memento  mori 

{Cherub^ 

Here  lies  ye  Body 

of  M?  Elizabeth 

Moors  wife  of  M' 

Abraham  Moors 

who  departed 

this  Life  Decem' 

4*:h  1770     In  the 

73?  year  of  her  age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  GILSON. 


54 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1771 

Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.] 
Here  lies  the 
Body  of  M'  Samue1 
Barron  who  de- 
parted this  Life 
June  9?  1771.    In 
the  88\h  year 
of  his  Age. 

By  his  will  he  left  to  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Groton  the  sum 
of  thirteen  pounds,  five  shillings,  and  four  pence,  the  interest  to 
be  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor. 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Darling 

Blood  the  Son 

of  M'  Oliver 

Blood  and  M1? 

Sarah  his  wife 

who  died  Sep1:  18* 

1771  aged  2  years  4 
M.  &  s  D. 

The  maiden  name  of  this  child's  mother  was  DARLING. 


Here  lies  the  Body 

of  Sarah  Daughter 

of  M'  Ebenezer 

Patch  and  M? 

Sarah  his  wife 

who  died  Nov'  5? 

1771  Aged 

9  months  and 

4  days. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


55 


1772 

[Cherub.] 

Here  lies 

y6  Body  of  Bela  Ware 
Son  of  D'  Ephraim 
&  M-s  Martha  Ware 
who  Died  Feb*  27? 
1772  Aged  7  months 
&  15  days. 

Fresh  as  the  Morn 

The  fragrant  bud  hangs  wither** 

Ere  its'  Blown 

{Cherub's  Head.} 

Memento  mori 

Here  lies  inter'd 

the  Remains  of  M- 

John  Lawrence  son  of 

Abel  Lawrence  Esq.  & 

M?  Mary  his  wife  who 

suddenly  departed 

this  Life  by  Being 

Drownded  June  8'h 

1772.    In  the  i9*h  year 

of  his  Age. 

One  of  twins,  born  October  14,  1752. 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

In  Memory  of 

M^:  BENJAMIN  PAGE, 

who  Departed  this  Life 

September  the  3^  1772. 

in  the  54l.h  Year 

of  his  age. 

the  Sweet  Remembraance  of  Ye  Just 
Shall  flourish  When  he  sleeps  in  Dust. 

The  son  of  JONATHAN  and  MARY  PAGE,  born  July  19,  1719  ; 
he  married  SARAH  WILLARD,  of  Lancaster. 


56  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Mr.  Josiah 
Boyden,  who  depar- 
ted this  Life  Oct' 
i7l:h  1772.  in  ye  72? 

year  of  his  age. 
Also  8  of  his  Children  5 
sons  &  3  daughters  all 
lyeing  near  this  place. 

The  son  of  JONATHAN  and  ELIZABETH  BOYDEN,  born  Septem- 
ber 21,  1701. 


[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Joseph 

Stone  son  of  M' 

Nathaniel  Stone 

&  M?  Sybel  his 

wife  who  died 
Nov!  io'h  1772. 

Aged  2  years. 

He  was  born  December  19,  1769. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  57 

{Cherub's  Head..] 

COL.  JOHN  BULKLEY, 

whose  remains  are  here  entomb'd, 

departed  this  Life  Decly6  3?  A).  1772.  JE.  69. 

much  lamented  by  those  who  knew  him. 
He  left  a  sorrowful  widow,  four  Daughters  & 
one  son,  named  JOHN  by  whom  this  family    ' 
tomb  was  built ;  who  also  departed  this  Life  Dec?  ye 
14'"  A)  1774.  J£  26.  &  whose  remains  are  here 
deposited. 

He  was  educated  at  Harvard  College  and  took  the 

degree  of  A.B.  £  A.M.  In  the  years  1769  and  1772.     A  good 

natural  genius  improv'd  by  a  liberel  Education  he  employ'd 

in  the  study  of  Law  but  had  only  practiced  as  an  attorney 

a  sufficient  time  to  raise  in  his  friends  the  most  (sanguine)  hopes 

of  whatever  great  or  good  could  reasonably  be  expected  from  an 

honest  &  benevolent  heart,  influenced  by  a  good  understanding 

and  a  prudent  disposition,  before  a  period  was  put  to  his  Actions 

and  designs  ;  &  his  numerous  Acquaintance  were  call'd  to  lament 

the  death  of  a  dutiful  son — a  loving  brother — a  faithful  friend — a 

kind  neighbour — a  good  citizen — an  honest  man. 

Amicus  patriae,  generis  humani  Amicus. 


1773 

Memento  mori 

\Cherub. \ 

Here  lies  Buried  y* 

Body  of  M™ 
Prudence  Warren 
wife  of  M1:  Abijah 

Warren ;  she  depar- 
ted this  Life  Febf 
iV  1773.  Aged  23 

Years.     Likeways  a 

little  babe  still  born 

10  days  before  she 

died. 

Her  maiden  name  was  LAWRENCE,  and  she  was  from  Hollis, 
New  Hampshire. 


58  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Bird.] 
Here  lies  ye  Body 

son 

of  Joshua  RichardA 
son  of  Ml  Convers 
&  M™  Marcy  Rich- 
ardson, who  died 
March  15*  1773.  Age* 
6  months  &  4  days. " 

» 

Memento  mon 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  ye  remains  of 

Mrs.  Sarah  Woods  y6  wife 

of  Leiu4.  John  Woods, 

who  departed  this  Life 

years 

March.  28'b  1773.  aged  6jA 

A  faithful  wife,  a  tender  mo= 
ther,  a  diligent  6-  prudent  mistress 
of  a  Family,  dr»  a  pious  Christian. 
She  lived  beloved,  died  lamen= 
ted,  with  a  comfortable  hope 
of  entering  into  f-  joy  of  her  Lord. 
Her  children  arise  up  6°  call  her  bles- 
sed; her  husband  also  6°  he  praiseth 

(her. 

The  daughter  of  JOHN  and  SARAH  (PRESCOTT)  LONGLEY,  born 
March  28,  1706. 

Memento  mart 
[Cherub's  Head.} 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 

Miss  Eunice  Green 

(Daughter  of  M^ 

Jonathan  d^  J/r  Sarah 

Green)  who  depart* 

ed  this  Life  April  ye 

I!T  1773.  In  ye  20th  year 

of  her  Age. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  59 

Stephen  Son  • 

to  the  Rev?  M^ 

Samuel  Dana 

and  Anna  his 

wife  ;  died  July 

2f  I773-  aged  17  days. 


*  Memento  mori 

[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  Mf  Lucy 

Moors  wife  of  M- 

Joseph  Moors 

who  departed 

this  Life  August 

26:h  1773,  In  the 

33?  year  of  her 

age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  STONE;  she  was  married  July  22,  1761. 


Memento  mori 

[Cherub.] 

HERE  lies  the 

Body  of  M« 

Hannah  Blood, 

wife  of  M^  Caleb 

Blood,  she  de= 

parted  this  Life 

Sept  if  1773.     Aged 

38  years  i  month 

and  26  days. 

The  daughter  of  JOHN  and   SARAH  (DAVIS)  HOLDEN,  born 
June  24,  1735  ;  she  was  married  November  i,  1753. 


60  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


[Death's  Head.] 

In  Memory  of 

MOLEY  WILLIAMS 

Dau*.  of  M' 

JOHN  and  M? 
MOLEY  WILLIAMS, 
she  Died  Sep1.  24, 


Aged  14  Months 
and  14  Days. 


[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Mar^y 

Richardson,  the 

Daughter  of  M' 

Convars  and  M? 

Mary  Richardson. 

who  died  Sep! 

26V  1773  aged  12 

Years  4  months  &  9  D. 


[Cherub.] 

IN  memory  of 

Amos  Lawrance 

son  of  Lieu\  Amos 

Lawrance  &  M™ 

Betty  his  wife 

who  died  Oct\ 

4?  !773-   Aged 

4  days. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  6 1 

[Death's  Head.] 

In  Memory  of 

JOHN  WILLIAMS 

Son  of  M'  JOHN  & 

M1?  MOLEY  WILLIAMS 

he  Died  OcU  Ye  29, 

1773- 

Aged  two  year 

And  ten  Months 

And  one  Day. 


Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lies  Buried 
the  Body  of  Cap* 
Nathaniel  Parker, 

who  departed 

this  Life,  Nov!i  ye 

24*h  1773.    In  the 

53?  year  of  his 

Age. 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  MARY  (SAWTELL)  PARKER,  born 
July  17,  1721. 


1.774 

Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  MI 

Ruben  Woods 

who 

departed  this 

Life  Oct:  i7'h 

1774.    In  the  64th 

Year  of  his  age. 

The  son  of  NATHANIEL  and  ALICE  WOODS,  born  April  n, 
1711;  he  married,  June  n,  1741,  SUBMIT,  widow  of  TIMOTHY 
WHITNEY. 


62  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Memento  mori 
[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 
Body  of  M?5  Sarah 

Ames  wife  of 

M.T.  Robert  Ames 

who  departed 

this  Life  Nov' 

23?  1774.    In  the 

33  Year  of  her 

age. 

The  daughter  of  ISAAC  and  ABIGAIL  (STEVENS)  WOODS,  born 
August  17,  1742. 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Suiel 

Corning  Stone 

son  of  M?  Daniel 

Stone  &  Mf  Pattie 

his  wife   He  died 

Dec^  4?  1774 

Aged  6  months 

&  two  days 

Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  MT. 

Jason  Williams 

who  departed 

the  Life  Decy  8V 

1774   In  the  53f 

year  of  his  age. 

The  son  of  JASON  and  MARY  WILLIAMS,  born  December  25, 
1721 ;  he  married,  April  5,  1749,  JEMIMA,  daughter  of  JONATHAN 
and  MARY  (GREEN)  NUTTING,  born  September  19,  1720. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  63 

1775 

Memento  mori 

\CheruVs  Head.} 

Here  lies  ye  Body 

of  Deacon  Daniel 

Farnsworth  who 

departed  this  Life 

Jan'  27'h  1775  In  the 

83?  year  of  his  Age 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  HANNAH  (ALDIS)  FARNSWORTH,  born 
May  u,  1692  ;  he  married, October  20,  1725,  ABIGAIL,  widow  of 
DANIEL  SHED. 

Memento  mori 

\Cher ntts  Head.} 

In  this  Grave 

is  deposited  the 

Remains  of  Lieu4. 

Isaac  Woods,  who 

departed  this  Life 

on  ye  3 if  of  March  1775 

In  ye  76'h  year  of  his  age. 

The  son  of  NATHANIEL  and  ALICE  WOODS,  born  February  20, 
1699-1700;  he  married,  September  21,  1725,  ABIGAIL  STEVENS. 

Memento  mori 

[  Cherub.  ] 

Here  lies  Buried  the 

Body  of  M1?  Sarah  Wait 

wife  of  Lieu*  Phinehas 

Wait  who  departed  this 

Life  May  9^  1775    In  the 

35*h  year  of  her  Age 

Likewise  2  Children  lying  at 

her  feet  Joseph  died  June  23f 

1774  Aged  3  months  and  22  day8 

Phinehas  died  Aug'  io'h  1775 

Aged  3  months  and  i  day. 

Her  maiden  name  was  PIERCE,  and  she  was  from  Pepperell. 


64  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

IN  memory  of 

Isaac  Allan 

son  of  Mr  Joseph 

Allan  &  Mre  Mary 

his  wife.    He 

died  May  17? 

1775-   Aged  5 
months  &  17  days. 

[Cherub's  Head] 

IN  memory  of 

Miriam  Whitny 

Holden  (Daughte1 

of  M'  Nehemiah 

&  M«  Elizabeth 

Holden)  who 
died  Augl:  4*  1775. 

Aged  7  years  6 
months  &  15  days. 


Mf  Sarah 

Ames 

Here  lies  the  Body 

of  Molley  Ames  the 

Daughter  of  M'  Robert 

Sarah 

&  M?5  A  Ames,  who  died 
Aug*  6V  1775  In  the 
3f  Year  of  her  age. 


STEPHEN 

Son  of  the  Rev'd 

Samuel  Dana  & 

Anna  his  wife 

was  born  May 

the  29?  1774. 

and  died  Aug^ 

the  6?  1775. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  65 

Memento  mori 

[CAerub.] 

Here  lies  Buried 

the  Body  of  MT  Emm^ 

Stone  daughter  of  MT. 

Benjamin  Stone  and 

Mf  Emme  his  wife 

who  departed  this 

Life  Augt  io'h  1775 

In  the  22?  year 

of  her  Age 

{Cherub's  Head.\ 

Here  lies  the  Body 

of  Samuel  Moors 

son  of  Cap'  Joseph 

Moors  &  Mf  Lucy 

his  wife  "e  died  Augf 

12':"  1775.   Aged  10 

years  7  months  & 

1 6  days. 

[Cterut.] 

IN  memory  of 

Abigail  Lawrance 

daughter  of  Lieu1. 

Amos  Lawrance 

&  J/7  Betty  his  wife, 

who  died  Aug^ 
13?  1775.  Aged  TO 
months  &  4  days. 

Here  lies  ye  Body 
of  Luther  Page,  son 
of  M^  Joseph  Page 

and  M?  Eunice (y** 
his  wife,  who  died 
Augt   i3V  1775. 
Aged  3  years 


66  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Memento  mori 
[CAerut.] 

Here  lies  ye  Body 
of  Miss  Miriam 
Lakin  Daughter 

of  M!;  William  & 

Mf  Miriam  Lakin 
who  departed 

this  Life  Aug^  14^ 

1775.   Aged  20 

years  &  4  mon? 

(thejust 

The  sweet  Remembrance  of 
Shall  flourish  when  they  sleep 

(in  dust. 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Lucy 

Moors  Daughter 

of  Cap*  Joseph 

Moors  &  Mf  Lucy 

his  wife  who 
departed  this  Life 

1 7 V  1775.    Aged 
6  years  n  months 
&  ii  days. 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Peggy 

Quailes  Daughter 

of  M1:  Charles 

Quailes  and  Mrs 

Susanna  his  wife 

who  died  Aug^ 

!7'h  I77S-   ASed  X7 
months  &  28  days. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  67 

Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Miss  Anna 
Pierce,  Daughter  of 
M^  Wiliam  Pierce 

and  M?  Sarah 

his  wife ;  who  died 

Aug?  i8V  1775. 

Aged  22  Years  4 

months  &  26  days. 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Philomela 

Lawrence  Daught 

of  Cap*  Asa  Lawrence 

and  M"  Abigail  his 

wife  she  was  a 

Desireable  Young 

babe  who  died 

i9V  1775.   Aged 

10  months. 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.\ 

Here  lies  y6  Body 
of  Miss  Olive 

Fletcher  daughter 
of  M'  Oliver  and 

M?  Olive  Fletcher 
who  departed 

this  Life  Aug*:  24? 

I775    Aged  !4 
years  &  n  mon' 


68  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Elizabeth 

Champney, 
Daughter  of  M* 
Eben*  Champney 
and  Abigail  his 
wife,  She  died 
27?  1775.  In  y- 
Year  of  her  age 


Memento  mori 

[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  ye  Body 

of  M™  Susanna 

Quailes  wife  of 

M'  Charles  Quailes 

who  departed  this 

Life  Aug!  28?  1775. 

Aged  25  years,  9 

mon'  &  25  days. 

Tradition  says  that  she  was  one  of  the  patriotic  women,  who, 
in  April,  1775,  arrested  Captain  LEONARD  WHITING,  of  Hollis, 
New  Hampshire,  near  what  is  now  Jewett's  bridge,  over  the 
Nashua  River.  He  was  a  noted  tory  and  a  bearer  of  despatches 
from  Canada  to  the  British  in  Boston. 


Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Eben' 

Champney, 

Son  of  M?  Eben? 

Champney  and 

Mf  Abigail  his 

wife,  he  died 

Aug':  29?  1775.  In  ye 

19^  month  of  his  Age. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  69 

Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Sally 

Champney, 

Daughter  of  M* 

Eben'  Champney 

and  Abigail  his 

wife  She  died 

Augl  29?  1775.  In 

(Age 

the  3?  year  of  her 


Memento  [Cherub}  mori 

M"  ABIGAIL  KENRICK. 

Widow  of  CAP!  CALEB 

KENRICK,  left  her 

pleasant  habitation 

in  Newton,  &  came  to 

her  Daughter  Dana's 

in  Groton,  on  accoun'A 

of  ye  civil  War  &  Sep*  5. 

1775.  JE..  76.  was  remov= 

ed  by  a  dysentery,  to  that 

place  where  ye  wicked  cea*e 

from  troubling  &  ye  weary 

are  at  rest. 

Her  maiden  name  was  BOWEN,  and  her  daughter  was  married 
to  the  Reverend  SAMUEL  DANA. 


[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the  Body 
of  Samuel  son  of  M' 

Ebenezer  Patch 
and  M™  sarah  his 
wife  who  died  sep' 

9=h  '775- 
Aged  10  years 
and  2  months. 


70  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Mary 

Bowers,  Daughter 

of  M*  Isaac 

Bowers  &  M? 
Priscilla  his  wife 

who  died  Sep' 
2 if  1775.  Aged  5 

Years  8  months 
and  17  days. 


[Cherub's  ffead.} 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Joseph  son  of  M'  Ephraim 

&  M?  Azubah  Parker, 

who  died  Sep*:  22*  1775 

Aged  5  years  &  2  monl 

Also  in  Memory  of  M* 

Nehem?  son  of  ye  above 

nam'd  persons,  who  died 

in  his  Country  service 

at  Ticonderoga  Oct*  22? 

1776.  In  ye  19?  year  of  his 
age. 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Sarah 

Bowers,  Daughter 

of  M"[  Isaac  Bowers 

and  Mr.s  Priscilla 

his  wife,  who 

died  Sep*  25th 

1 7 75.  Aged  4  years 

one  month  and 

21  days. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  71 

Here  lies  the  Body 

of  Ebenezer  son 

of  M*  Ebenezer 

Patch  and  M? 

Sarah  his  wife 

who  died  sep*  3o*:h 

1775  Aged  2  years 

10  months  and 

22  days. 


Memento  mori 

\CheruVs  Head^\ 

Here  lies  Buried 

the  Body  of  M\ 

Jonathan  Lawranc^ 

Son  of  M'  Jonathan 

Lawrance  and  M? 

Esther  his  wife 
He  departed  this 
Life  Octf  if  1775. 
Aged  21  Years  n 
months  &  17  days. 


Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Simeon 
Shed,  Son  of  MT: 

William  Shed 

and  M™  ElizabetJ; 

his  wife,  who 

died  Octf  5? 

1775.  Aged  2  Years 

one  month  & 

28  days. 


72  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Memento  mori 

[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  Buried 

the  Body  of  M? 

Abigail  Champney 

wife  of  M'  Eben* 

Champney  and 

Daughter  of  ye  Late 

Rev?  Caleb  TrowbricT 

She  died  Octf  23? 

1775.  in  ye  36  Year 

of  her  Age 

The  daughter  of  the  Reverend  CALEB  and  HANNAH  (WALTER) 
TROWBRIDGE,  born  November  30,  1740. 


Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  Buried 

the  Body  of  M'  Amos 

Farnsworth  who  was 

Drowned  in  LancasterA 

Rever  Decem*  5* 

1775.  Aged  71  years 

and  6  days. 

Tho  in  deep  water  was  my  Body  lost, 
And  found  before  it  was  crumbrd  into  dust, 
And  Buried  here  as  this  doth  lay, 
Till  trumpet  sound  at  the  last  day.  — 
And  tho  in  Adam  all  mankind  did  die, 
But  yet  in  Christ  we  may  grim  death 

(defie. 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  MARY  (PRESCOTT)  FARNSWORTH, 
born  November  27,  1704.  AMOS  and  his  son,  BENJAMIN,  were 
both  drowned  while  crossing  the  Nashua  River  in  a  boat.  His 
body  was  not  found  until  the  next  March,  but  BENJAMIN'S  was 
recovered  on  the  next  day.  The  son's  epitaph  immediately 
follows  this  one. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  73 

Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Benjamin 

Farnsworth  son  of 

M'  Amos  Farnsworth 

and  M?  Lydia  his 

wife,  who  was  drownd 

ed  on  the  5  day  of 

December  1775. 

Aged  1 8  years  one 

mo^th  and  n  days. 


[Cherub's  Head.\ 

IN  Memory  of 

MT-  Benj?  Green, 

who  Departed 

this  Life  Jan^  23^ 

1776.  In  the 

year  of  his 

Age. 


[Cherub.] 

Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Isaac 

Dodge  son  of 

Lieu*  Isaac 

Dodge  and  M? 

Elizabeth  his 

wife,  who  died 

March  6V1  1776, 

Aged  12  mon* 

and  29  days 


1776 


74  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Benjamm 
Bancroft  Son  of 

M'  Thaddeus 

Bancroft  &  M? 

Bulah  his  wife 

He  died  March 

8V  1776  Aged  3 

months  &  15  days. 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Joshua 

Lakin  son  of  M' 

Joseph  Lakin  & 

M?  Jerushah 

his  wife  who 

died  March  i5'.h 

1776.  Aged  9 

months  &  26  day? 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Prudenc* 

Warren  Daughte^ 

of  M1:  Abijah  & 

M?  Prudence 

Warren  she 

died  May  if  1776 

Aged  6  years  9 
months  &  22  days. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  75 

Memento  mori 

[CheruPs  Head.} 

In  Memory  of 

Cap*  Samuel  Tarbell 

who  departed  this  Life 

May,  23f  at  3  a  clock  after 

noon  1776  Aged  78  Years 

4  months  and  14  days 

Halt  passenger  as  you  go  past 
Remember  time  it  runneth  fast 
My  dust  in  narrow  bounds  do  ly 
Remember  man  that  thou  must  die 
This  dust  revive  it  shall  again 

in 

And  A  a  grave  no  more  remain 
When  trumpet  sound  I  shall  be  rais'd 
For  this  God's  holy  word  hath  said 

The  son  of  THOMAS  and  ELIZABETH  (WOODS)  TARBELL,  and 
brother  of  the  three  children  carried  off  by  the  Indians,  June 
20,  1707.  He  married,  December  29,  1725,  LYDIA,  daughter  of 
BENJAMIN  and  MARY  (PRESCOTT)  FARNSWORTH. 


[Cherub's  Head.} 
Memento  mori 

HERE  lies  ye  Body 

OF 

Lieu'  William 

Nutting  who 

Departed  this 

Life  June  2?  1776. 

In  the  64?  year 

of  his  age. 

The  son  of  JONATHAN  and  MARY  (GREEN)  NUTTING,  born 
November   20,    1712 ;    he   married,  January   18,   1737-8,   JOAN 

BOYNTON. 


76  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

Memento  mori 

HERE  lies  the 

Body  of  Mr  Abijah 

Warren,  who 

departed  this 

Life  Octf  ye6V  1776. 

In  the  4o'h  year 

of  his  age. 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

Memento  mori 

Here  lies  the  Body 

of  W-.  Nathaniel  StoneA 

son  of  M'  Nathaniel 

Stone  &  M?  Sybel 

his  wife  who  died 

in  his  Countrys  ser= 

vice  on  Dorchester= 

Hill  Octf  22?  1776. 

Aged  17  years  one 

month  &  22  days. 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

Memento  mori 

HERE  lies  the 

Body  of  M*  Simon 

Patch  who  was 

wounded  in  ye  de= 

fence  of  his  Country 

at  ye  White^plains 

Octf  28^1776  and 

died  of  his  wound 

Dec!  31^'  1776  in  ye 

28'"  year  of  his  age. 

The  son  of  EBENEZER  and  SARAH  PATCH,  born  July  n,  1749. 
He  was  brought  home  on  a  litter  from  White  Plains,  a  distance 
of  about  two  hundred  miles,  accompanied  by  his  elder  brother. 
The  litter  was  made  by  fitting  the  but-ends  of  some  small  trees 
into  the  stirrups  of  a  saddle,  and  putting  a  sack  of  hay  behind 
on  the  branches. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  77 


1777 

[Cherub's  Head.} 
lies 

Here  A  the  Body  of 

Timothy  Blood,  son 

of  M^  Caleb  Blood  & 

M?  Elizabeth  his 

wife,  He  died  Jan' 

i3\h  1777.  Aged  one 

year  9  months  and 

26  days. 


[Cherub's  Head.} 
Memento  mori 

Here  lies 

the  Body  of  IVtt 

Ebenezer  Patch 

who  departed  this 

Life  Jan.  igV  1777 

In  the  58':" 

year  of  his 

Age. 


[Cherub's  Head.} 
Memento  mori 

HERE 
Lies  the  Body 

OF 

M*  Peter  Parker 

who  departed 

this  Life  March 

ye  28V1  1777  In 

the  31?  year  of 

his  age. 

The  son  of  PETER  and  PRUDENCE  (LAWRENCE)  PARKER,  born 
January  15,  1747. 


78  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Here  lies  the 

Body  of  Rebecca 

Stone  Daughter 

of  M'  Jonas  Stone 

and  Ml8  Rebecca 

his  wife  who 

died  May.  19* 

1777.  Aged  4  years 

2  months  &  10  days 


[CheruVs  Head.] 
Memento  mori 

Here  lies  Buried 

the  Body  of 

M*  Phinehas  Wait 

who  departed  this  Life 

May  30'"  1777.  In 

the  6g\h  year  of 

his  Age. 

He  married,  March  14,  1731-2,  MARY  HUBBARD. 


\CheruVs  Head.] 
Memento  mori 

HERE  lies  the 

Body  of  W, 

JOSEPH  STONE, 

who  departed  this 

Life  Sep^  ioV  1777. 

In  ye  75?  year  of  his  age 

The  memory  of  the 
Just  is  blessed. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  79 

[C/ierub.] 

Moley  Williams 
2  Dam  of  Cap4. 
John  Williams 
&  M1?  Moley  his 
wife,  who  Died 
Nov1:  7\h  1777 ; 
Aged  20  Days. 

{Cherub's  Head.] 
Memento  mori 

Here  lies 

the  Body  of  M^ 

JONAS  FLETCHER, 

who  departed  this 

Life  Dec'  1777. 

Aged  83 

years. 


In  Memory  of  W- James 

Park  (Son  of  Mrr.  William 
Park  Stone  Cutter  &  Mrl  Anna 

his  wife)  He  was  Born  In 
Scotland  in  ye  Barronre  of 

Glasgow  March  19^  1741. 

And  Died  Febr/  23!  1778. 
He  died  no  Libertine,  there  is  two  Extremes, 
the  world  has  always  run  into,  since  ye  fall  of  Adam. 
\st  Papists  here  have  excededin  boundlesse  domi- 
nation &>  tyranny  over  ye  consciences  of  men  :  6° 
what  ever  is  contrary  to  ye   lawlesse  decrees  of  there 
Councells  6°  Popes,  is  an  unexpiable  heresie,  S*  cannot 
be  purged  but  by  fire  &*  fagot.     2.    Whoever  refuse 
subjection  of  conscience  to  that  Enemy  of  Christ,  &* 
to  that  woman-mistresse  of  witchcraft,  on  whose 
skirts  is  found  ye  Blood  of  ye  martyrs  of  Jesus,  is 
Presently  an  heretick,  6"  his  arguments  answered 
with  burning-quicke,  this  tyranny  over  conscience  we 
disclaime  ;  yet  for  that  ought  not  y*  other  extremity 
of  wild  toleration  to  be  imbraced. 


1778 


80  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

{Cherub's  Head.} 

Memento  mori 

IN  Memory  of 

M-  William  Green 

who  Departed 

this  Life  May.  7'^ 

1778.  In  the 

8o*-h  year  of 

his  Age. 

He  married, March  9,  1726-7,  HANNAH  HOLDEN,  probably  the 
daughter  of  STEPHEN  and  HANNAH  HOLDEN. 

In  Memory  of 

Joseph  Stone 

son  of  Mr  Nathl 

Stone  &  M? 

Sibel  his  wife 

who  died  Aug' 

1 4?  1778.  Aged 

2  years  7  mon*  &  8 

days. 

{Cherub's  Head.] 
Here  lies  the 
Body  of  EZRA 

son  of  the 

Rev"?  Samuel  Dana 
and  M-  Anna  his 
wife  born  Aug^  y6 
ii*  A).  1778.  Died 
Sep*  y6  27?  A).  1778. 

[CAerub.] 

IN  Memory  of 

Salley  Stone 

daughter  of  M' 

Jonas  Stone  &  M™ 

Rebekah  his  wife 

who  died  Sep..  30'* 

1778  Aged  i  year  5 

months  &  2 1  days 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  8l 


[CAerub.] 

Here  lies 

the  Body  of 

Dradamy  Lawrence 

Daughter  of  Cap* 

Asa  Lawrence  & 

M-  Abigail  his  wife 

who  died  Octf  18^ 

1778  In  the  7-  year 

of  her  Age. 

Her  social  soul  O  How  sublime. 
Her  mind  sedate  serene, 
Sweet  sympathy  Posest  her  he*rt> 
Engageing  was  her  mind. 


Here  lies 

the  Body  of 

Oratio-Gaits 

Lawrence  (Son  of 

Cap1.  Asa  Lawrence 

&  M^  Abigail  his 

wife)  who  died 


months  &  16  days. 

(Rose 

Fresh  in  ye  morn  y*  sumer 
hangs  Withered  ere  its  noon 
We  scarce  injoy  ye  B"lmy  Gift 
£ut  mourn  y*  Pleasure  Gone 


82  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub.] 

ERECTED 
IN  memory  of 
M"  Lydia  Tarbell, 
The  wife  of  Caff- 
Samuel  Tarbell 
who  departed 
this  Life  Nov^  ii'^ 

1778.  Aged  72 
Years  &  15  days. 

The  daughter  of  BENJAMIN  and  MARY  (PRESCOTT)  FARNS- 
WORTH,  born  September  26,  1706 ;  she  was  married  December 
29,  1725. 


1779 

[Cherub.] 

In  Memory  of 

Elizabeth  Farr 

(Daughter  of  M? 

Thomas  Farr  & 

M-  Mary  his 

wife)  who  Died 

Fefr  24-  1779. 

In  the  19-  month 

of  her  age. 

Mr.  BUTLER,  in  his  "  History  of  Groton "  (page  399),  says 
that  THOMAS  FARR  was  a  soldier  in  General  BURGOYNE'S  army. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  83 


Head.} 

To  the  Memory  of 
A  Beloved  Friend. 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Lieu4.  HEZEKIAH  SAWTELL 

Who  Departed  this  Life  March  Ye  i8th 

1779  in  the  77th  Year  of  his  age  : 
in  his  life  he  Was  a  Kind  &  Loving  Husband 

a  tender  and  Provident  Parent,  a 
Friendly  and  Benevolent  Neighbour, 

Singularly  Pitiful  and  Liberal, 
to  the  Poor,  Needy,  and  Distress'd 
his  life  useful  his  Death  Lamented. 

stop  Passenger  as  You  Go  by 
Remember  You  Was  born  to  die 
As  You  are  Now  So  Once  Was  I 
As  I  am  Now  So  You  Must  be 
Prepare  For  Death  and  Follow  me 

The  son  of  OBADIAH  and  HANNAH  SAWTELL,  born  March  2, 
1703:  he  married  JOANNA  WILSON. 


{Cherub's  Head.} 
Memento  mori 

IN  Memory  of  M* 
JOSEPH   CHASE, 

who  departed 
this  Life  Dec!  20'^ 
1779.  In  the  61- 
year  of  his  Age 


84  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1780 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

to  the  memory  of 
MR.  ABRAHAM   MOORS 
A  mild,  humane,  and  honest  man,  a 
peaceable  and  regular  citizen  ;  an  af- 
fectionate and  tender  husband  and 
parent ;  eminent  for  piety,  industry  and 
frugality.  He  departed  this  life  March 

1780,  in  the  88th  year  of  his  age, 

inspired  by  the  refining  influences  of 

the  gospel  with  a  rational  and  sure 

hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection. 

He  is  supposed  to  have  come  from  England  in  the  early 
part  of  the  last  century;  he  married,  November  21,  1717, 
ELIZABETH,  daughter  of  JOSEPH  and  ELIZABETH  GILSON. 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub.] 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 

M?  Hannah  White, 

Wife  of 

AT-  Thomas  White 
who  departed  this 
Life  May  26?  1780.  In 
the  44^  year  of  her 
age. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Memento  mori 

\CheruVs  Head.] 

IN  Memory  of  MX 

SAMUEL   BOYDEN, 

who  departed  this 

Life  Novr_23?  1780. 

In  the  30? 

year  of  his 

age. 

The  sweet  Remembrance  of  ye  Just 
Shall  flourish  when  he  sleep£  in  dust. 

The  son  of  JOSIAH  and  JANE  BOYDEN,  born  May  25,  1751. 


I78l 


Memento  mori 
[Cherubs  Head.] 
Ml'  Elizabeth  Carrie11 

wife  of  Capl 

Jonathan  Carriell 

Formerly  of  Sutton 

who  died  Janr-  9^ 

1781.  In  ye  44? 

year  of  her  age. 


86 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


[Cherub's  Head.} 


IN  Memory  of 
JONATHAN  CLARK- 
LEWIS  ESQ?  who 
Departed  this 
Life  April .  7'.? 
1781.  In  the  37*5 
year  of  his 
Age. 


[Cherub.] 

IN  Memory  of  Miss 

MARY  DOLE, 

Daug*  of  M-  Amos  & 

Ml1  Molley  Dole,  who 

departed  this  Life 

Aug1.  3?  1781.  Aged 

1 8  years  9  months 

and  19  days. 

This  Monument  is  erected  to  her 

Memory,  by  her  mother,  at  the 

desire  of  Solomon  Russell,  her 

intended  Partener. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  87 

Memento  mart 
[Cherub's  Head.] 

ERECTED 

IN  memory  of 

M™  Alice  Bancroft, 

(Consort  of  Deacon 

Benjamin  Bancroft) 

who  departed  this  Life 

Nov'_29^  1781  Aged 

5 1  years  8  months  & 

25  days. 

The  daughter  of  WILLIAM  and  MARY  (FARNSWORTH)  TARBELL, 
born  March  4,  1729-30;  she  was  married  October  18,  1749. 

Memento  mori 

[Ckerub.] 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 

M™  Abigail  Woods 

Relect  of  Lieullsaac 

Woods  who  departed 

this  Life  Dec'-  24'^ 

1781.  In  the  8oth  year 

of  her  Age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  STEVENS  ;  she  was  married  September 
21,  1725. 


[Ckerub.] 

ERECTED 

IN  memory  of 

M"  Deborah  Amaes, 

(wife  of  Mr- 

Nathan  Amaes) 

who  died  April  ye  8'i 

1782.  Aged  35  years 

6  months  &  24 

days. 


1782 


88  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Memento  mori 
[Cherub.] 

Erected  IN  memory 
of  M"  Sarah  Farnswort^ 

(wife  of  J/I 

Ebenezer  FarnswortJi) 

She  departed  this    , 

Life  April  13*?  1782. 

In  the  43d  year 

of  her  age. 

Likewise  Polly  their  Daughter, 

who  was  born  April  y*  8 '.I1  and 

Died  y*  25*-  1782. 

Her  maiden  -name  was  NICHOLS  ;  she  was  married  February 
18,  1767. 


[Cherub's  Head.} 
Memento  mori 

ERECTED 

IN  memory  of 

Lieu*  JOHN  WOODS, 

who  departed  this  Life 

May  7%  1782. 

In  the  85'^  year 

of  his  age. 

The  son  of  NATHANIEL  and  ALICE  WOODS,  born  March  4, 
1698  ;  he  married,  June  3,  1725,  SARAH,  daughter  of  JOHN  and 
SARAH  (PRESCOTT)  LONGLEY,  born  March  28,  1706. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  89 

Memento  mori 

{Cherub's  Ifead.] 

HERE  LIES  BURIED 

the  Body  of 

M"  Sarah  Green, 

(Relict  of  M':  JONATHAN  GREEN) 

who  departed  this  Life 

Decks'?  1782.  Aged  77 

years  6  months  &  27  days. 

Bless1  d  are  the  dead,  yea  saith  the  word. 

That  die  in  Christ  the  living  Lord, 

And  on  the  other  side  of  death 

Thus  joyful  spend  their  praising  breath. 

The  daughter  of  JOSIAH  and  LUCY  LAKIN,  born  May  12,  1705; 
she  was  married  February  25,  1724-5. 

Memento  mori 


{CheruVs  Head.}  *  \CheruVs  Head.} 


IN  THIS 
Grave  are  Inter'd 

the  remains  of 

ML  JONAS  CUTLER 

who  departed  this  Life 

DecL  ye  ig'J?  Anno  Domini 

1782.  Aged  55  years 

This  Monument  was  Erected  to 

his  Memory  by  his  Loving  wife 

JEMIMA  CUTLER 


QO  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

1783 

Memento  mart 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

HERE  lies  Buried 

the  Body  of 
Deacon  JAMES  STONE 
who  departed  this  Life 

Febr-ye  27^  1783. 
Aged  82   Years  6-24  days. 
Blest  is  the  Memory  of  the  Just 
Though  they  be  sleeping  in  y  Dust 
And  happy  shall  be  -when  they  Rise 
Through  grace  to  shine  among  y1  wise 
In  Reims  of  Light  6*  Peace  above 
To  sing  6°  Praise  Redeeming  Love. 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  SARAH  STONE,  born  January  23,  1701  ; 
he  married,  December  28,  1726,  MARY,  daughter  of  JOSEPH  and 
HANNAH  FARWELL,  born  February  5,  1709,  and  sister  of  his 
brother  JOHN'S  wife. 

Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.] 

HERE  LIES 

Buri'd  the  Body  of 

Cap'-  Solomon  Woods, 

who  was  Killed  by  the 

Fall  of  a  Tree  May  ye  3d- 

1783.  In  ye  36?  year 

of  his  Age. 

The  son  of  ISAAC  and  ABIGAIL  (STEVENS)  WOODS,  born  August 
29,  1747. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ABIGAIL  PRESCOTT 

daughter  of  Honl? 
OLIVER  PRESCOTT  Esq. 
&  Mrs.  LYDIA  his  wife 

died  Octf  6!!1  1783 

aged  15  years  &  3 
months. 

An  amiable  Girl. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


Memento  mori 


[Cherub's  Head} 

[  Urn.]  •  [Hour-  Glass.} 

ERECTED 

IN  memory 

of  Cap'- AMOS 

LAWRANCE  who 

departed  this  Life 

June  ye  20? 

A).  1785.  In  the 

70,  year  of 


[CAentPs  fftad.] 


LIKEWISE 

IN  memory 

of  M?  ABIGAIL 

LAWRANCE  (wife  of 

Cap'-  Amos  Lawrance) 

who  departed  this 

Life  7anT-y  6?  A). 

1784.  In  the  63! 

year  of  her  Age. 


1784 


\Urn.\ 


his  Age. 

The  sweet  remembrance  of  the  Just, 
Shall  flourish  when  they  sleep  in  Dust. 

The  youngest  son  of  JOHN  and  ANNA  (TARBELL)  LAWRENCE, 
born  February  19,  1715-6;  he  married,  November  7,  1749, 
ABIGAIL,  daughter  of  Deacon  NEHEMIAH  and  SARAH  (FOSTER) 
ABBOTT,  of  Lexington.  She  was  born  January  26,  1721. 

[Cherub's  Head} 

Moley  Williams 
3d  Dou*  of  Cap*. 

John  Williams 
&  M?  Moley  his 

wife  who  Died 

Feb?22?  1784; 
Aged  17  Months. 

Memento  mori 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

IN  Memory  of 

ML  Mary  Tarbell 

wife  of 

Lieu'-William  Tarbell 

who  departed  this  Life 

Feb'-y6  29*?  1784. 

Aged  88  years 
i  month  and  24  days. 

The  daughter  of  BENJAMIN  and  MARY  (PRESCOTT)  FARNS- 
WORTH,  born  January  5,  1696. 


92  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.} 

Here  lies  the 
Body  of  Mr.  Thaddeus 

Bancroft 
who  departed  this  Life 

June  21?  1784 
Aged  28  year  2  months 
&  9  days. 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  ALICE  (TARBELL)  BANCROFT. 


1785 


[Cherub.] 

HERE  lies  ye  Body 
of  Mial  Ames 

(Son  of  Mz 

Robert  Ames  & 

M?  Ruth  his  wife) 

who  died  March  y° 

31?  1785;  Aged 

6  months. 


[  Willmo  Tree  and  Urn.] 

THOMAS  PRESCOTT 

son  of  Hon1- 

OLIVER  PRESCOTT  Esq? 

&  MRS.  LYDIA  his  wife 

died  Oct*  27*  1785. 

aged  19  years. 

He  had  a  weak  body 

&  a  strong  mind. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  93 


1786 


[Cherub's  Head.] 

In  Memory  of 

Mrs  ELIZABETH  SAWTELL, 

the  wife  of 

Es?  RICHARD  SAWTELL, 

Who  Died  May  14*  1786, 

Aged  54  years. 

[Cherub's  Head.] 
Memento  mori 

ERECTED 

In  Memory  of 

M^-  THOMAS  BAKER, 

who  departed  this  life, 

May  ye  31?  1786 

in  ye  54-  Year  of 

his  Age. 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

IN  Memory  of 

Mr.  Nehemiah  Lawrence, 

who  died  July.  13^ 

1786.  Aged  34  years 

and  6  months. 

Death  thou  hast  conquer1  d  me, 
I  by  thy  dart  am  slain  ; 
But  Christ  has  conquered  thee, 
And  I  shall  rise  again. 

The  son  of  AMOS  and  ABIGAIL  (ABBOTT)  LAWRENCE,  born 
January  14,  1752. 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

In  Memory  of 

Mr.s  JOANNA  SAWTELL  Relict  of 

Lieu1.  HEZEKIAH  SAWTELL  ; 

Who  Died  Sep'.  n<h  1786, 

In  the  85th  year 

of  her  Age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  WILSON. 


94  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

{Cherub's  Head.] 

In  Memory  of 

Lieu*  Abel  Bancroft, 

Who  Departed  this  Life 

October  30th  A.  D.  1786, 

In  the  35th  Year 

of  his  Age. 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  ALICE  (TARBELL)  BANCROFT,  born 
May  28,  1752. 


{Cherub's  Head.} 

In  Memory  of 

Elisha  Rockwood 

the  Son  of  M^ 

Samuel  Rockwood 

&  M?  Lucy  his  wife 

who  Died  Dec^  13, 

1786;  aged  2  years 

and  2  Days. 


1787 


{Cherub's  Head} 
In  Memory  of 
M™  Abigail  Parker, 

the  Wife  of 

ML  Joseph  Parker, 

who  Died  Feb?  19,  1787 

in  y*  90*  year  of  her  age. 

She  left  two  Hundred  or  upwards 

of  Children  6-  Grand-children. 
The  sweet  Remembrance  of  Y*  Just 
Shall  flourish  when  She  sleep  in  dust. 

The  daughter  of  OBADIAH  and  HANNAH  SAWTELL,  born  March 
13,  1697 ;  she  was  the  mother  of  fourteen  children. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  95 

{Cherub 's  Head.\ 

IN  Memory  of 

Mr-  NATHANIEL  STONE, 

who  departed  this  life 

July  18?  1787. 

In  the  36'*  year 

of  his  Age. 


Memento  mart 
{Willow  Tree.  Urn.  Cherub's  Head.  Urn.  Willow  Tree.] 

ERECTED 

IN  Memory  of 

CAPTn  BENJAMIN  BANCROF*A 

who  departed  this  Life 

July  the  2il*  1787; 

Aged  86  years  2 

months  &  4  days. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Plumb.  \ 

SACRED 

to  the 

memory  of 

Cap*.  Jabez  Holden 

who  departed  this 

life  Aug?.  n'.l1  1787. 

in  the  53  year 

of  his  age. 

He  married,  June  16,  1761,  RACHEL  FARNSWORTH. 


g6  GROTON  EPITAPHS. 

1788 

Memento  mori 
[Cherub's  Head.] 

ERECTED 

In  Memory  of  Ml 

PETER  PARKER, 
who  departed  this  life,  Jan'. 

6'J1  1788:  in  the 
69'-  Year  of  his  age. 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  ABIGAIL  (PRESCOTT)  PARKER,  born 
August  6,  1719. 

[Cherub'1  s  Head.] 

In  memory  of 
Evrett  Williams, 
(the  son  of  Capt. 

John  Williams, 
&  M1?  Moley  his 
wife ;)  who  died 

June  6,  1788  : 

Aged  6  weeks 

and  6  hours. 


[Urn.] 
[Urn.]  In  Memory  of  [Urn.] 

Mr.  William  Park, 

who  died  June  17,  1788, 

in  the  84  year 

of  his  age. 
Also  In  Memory  of 
Mrs.  Anna  Park, 

wife  of 

Mr.  William  Park 

who  died  OctT.  2  1789, 

in  the  85  year 

of  her  age. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  97 


[Cherub's  Head.} 

Memento  mori 

ERECTED 

IN  Memory  of 

Lieu*  Ezra  Farnsworth, 

who  died 

June  19':"  1788; 

In  the  86V  year  of 

his  age. 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  MARY  (PRESCOTT)  FARNSWORTH, 
born  January  17,  1703. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

MRS.  EUNICE  PARKER, 

•wife  of 
Mr.  Nathaniel  Parker, 

who  died 

Nov.  19,  1788. 

JEL  58. 

The  daughter  of  JACOB  and  EUNICE  (LAKIN)  LAKIN,  born 
January  23,  1730-1. 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

IN 

Memory  of 

Lieut.  ELISHA  ROCKWOOD, 
who  departed  this  Life 

Dec.  ye.  5*  1788  : 
Aged  72  years  &  6  months. 
The  sweet  remembrance  of  the  Just, 
Shall  flourish  while  they  sleep  in  dust. 

The  youngest  child  of  NATHANIEL  and  JOANNA  (ELLIS) 
ROCKETT,  born  June  u,  1716,  at  Wrentham  ;  he  married, 
August  17,  1738,  ELIZABETH  ADAMS,  born  September  3,  1719,  at 
Sherborn. 


98  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

1789  • 

{Urn.                    Willow  Tree.  Willvw  Tree.                   Urn] 

MR.  JONATHAN  MRS  ESTHER 

•      LAWRANCE  LAWRANCE, 

died  died  Feb.  2.  1789 

April  12,  1806  in  the  65  year 

in  the  81  year  of  her  age. 

of  his  wife  of  Mr. 

age.  Jonathan  Lawrance 

The  son  of  THOMAS  and  PRUDENCE  LAWRENCE,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1725 ;  his  wife  was  a  daughter  of  JONATHAN  and  SARAH 
(BARRON)  SHED,  born  August  23,  1724. 


{Cherub's  Head.} 
IN 

Memory  of 

Miss  MOLLY  STONE, 

Daug'  of  M'  Nathaniel 

&  M?  Sybel  Stone, 

who  died  June  16* 

1789  :  In  the  18  year 

of  her  age. 

Memento  mori 

{Cherub's  Head.} 

ERECTED 

In  Memory  of 

M™  Hannah  Bowers, 

(wife  of 

M'  Jonas  Bowers,) 

who  departed  this  life 

July  ye  12?  1789; 

In  the  48?  year  of 

her  Age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  BROWN  ;  she  was  married  December  2, 
1761. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  99 

\Cherub"s  Head.\ 

Memento  mori 

HERE  lies  the  Body 

of 

ML  Robert  Ames 

who  departed  this  Life 

NovL  i5*J|  1789; 

Aged  26  years  & 

i  month. 

The  son  of  ROBERT  and  SARAH  (WOODS)  AMES,  born  October 
12,  1763. 


1790 

[Cherub.] 

In  Memory  of 

Ede  Sawtell,  Dau- 

of  Lieif-  Elnathan  &> 

Mr~  Ruth  Sawtell,  who 

died  March  ye  14- 

1790:  Aged  2 

years  &  5  days. 


Remember  death 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

ERECTED 

IN  Memory  of 

M"  Anna  Bancroft, 

Relict  of 

Cap4-  Benjamin  Bancroft, 

who  departed  this  life 

April  ye  3!   1790; 

In  the  88'?  year  of 

her  Age 

The   daughter  of  JOHN   and   ANNA   (TARBELL)   LAWRENCE, 
baptized  November  i,   1702. 


IOO  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\CkemVt  Head.} 

In  Memory  of 

Mrs.  Mahala  Lawrence, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Rowland  Lawrence 

who  died 

July  ye3o?>  1790, 

Aged  26  years  i  m 

&  14  d 


[Cherub's  Head.} 
IN  Memory  of 
Eleazer  Park 

Son  of 

M1:  John  Park  Jun^ 

and  Mr.s  Lydia  his 

wife  who  died  Sep1. 

io'h  1790,  Aged  i  year 

10  months  &  13  days 

Say  lovely,  prattling,  playful  boy, 
Thy  Father's  hope,  thy  Mother's  Joy  ; 
Why  didst  thon  make  so  short  a  stay  ! 
But  steal  our  hearts  6»  then  away. 
God  gives  c^  takes  let  man  adore, 
Death  wafts  me  to  tK  immortal  shore. 


[Cherub's  Head.} 

ERECTED 

In  Memory  of 

Cap!  John  Sawtell, 

who  departed  this  Life 

Dec'y6  23?  A)  1790, 

Aged  6 if  years  8 

months  and  5  days. 

The  son  of  EPHRAIM  and. ABIGAIL  SAWTELL,  born  April  18,  1729. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  IOI 


1791 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

IN  Memory  of 

MR.  NATHAN  AMES 

who  died 
March  7,  1791. 
JEt.  61. 


{Cherub's  Head.] 

In  memory 

of 

M'  OLIVER  SPAULDING 

who  departed  this  life 

Oct  27th,  1791 ; 

in  the  28th  year 

of  his  age. 


1792 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

IN 

Memory  of  Miss 
Rebecca  Farnsworth 

Daughter  of  M' 
Eberiezer  Farnsworth 

and  M"  Sarah 

his  wife  who  died 

Jatf  ye  1792  ; 

in  ye  25th  year 

of  her  age. 

friends  6*  physicians  could  not  save, 
My  mortal  body  from  ye  grave. 
Nor  can  ye  grave  confine  me  here, 
When  Christ  shall  call  me  to  appear. 


102  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


[CAf  ruffs  Head.} 

»         - 

ERECTED 

In  Memory  of 

Mrs.  Betty  Sawtell, 

wife  of 

Mr.  Joseph  Sawtell  Jim' 

who  departed  this  life 

May  13th  1792.  In 

the  36th  year  of  her 

age. 

Oh  !  all  my  friends  the  hour  will  soon  appear 
When  you  must  die,  6*  leave  your  bodies  here, 
Oh  !  then  prepare  for  death  that  when  you  die 
May  join  the  saints,  in  songs  above  the  skye. 


i?93 

{Cherub 's  ffead.] 

In  Memory  of 
Mrs.  MARY  STONE, 

Relict  of 

Mr.  JOSEPH  STONE, 
who  departed  this  Life 
April.  6*  1793,  Aged 
8 1  years  &  1 1  months. 

The  daughter  of  JONAS  and  THANKFUL  (WHEELER)  PRESCOTT, 
born  April  29,  1711. 

\Willmu  Tree  and  Urn.] 
[Urn.]  IN  [Urn.] 

Memory  of 
Mrs.  JEAN  PARK 

wife  of 
Mr.  JOHN  PARK 

who  died 
April  25.  1793. 

^Et.  61. 

Relentless  death  not  tears  norpray'rs  regards  ; 
Not  worth  nor  usefulness  his  hand  retards  ! 
Her  maiden  name  was  STEWART. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  103 

[Cherub's  Head.} 
Memento  mori 

Here  lies 
the  body  of 
M"  Sarah  Chamberlin 
(wife  of  Sam1:  Chamber- 
lin and  late  wife  of 
Ml  Ebenezer  Patch) 

who  died 

June  ye  i2*h  1793  ; 
In  the  64*h  year  of 

her  age. 
The  daughter  of  JACOB  WRIGHT,  of  Westford. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 
[Urn]  IN  [Urn.] 

Memory  of 
MR.  JOHN  PARK 

who  died 
Augt.  15.  1793. 

y£t.  62. 

Glory  with  all  her  lamps  shall  burn, 
And  watch  the  Christians  sleeping  clay  ; 
Till  the  last  trumpet  rouse  his  urn, 
To  aid  the  triumphs  of  the  day. 


[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory  of 
M'  Thomas  Wood. 

who  di®d 
March  2?.  1794: 

-Aged  47- 

Also  Bennit  Wood.  Son  of 

M:  Thomas  Wood  & 

M™  Mary  his  wife, 

who  died 

April  26'.'.'  1794; 

Aged  4  years. 


104  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub's  Head.} 

ERECTED 

To  the 
memory  of 

Mr. 
Converce  Richardson 

who  died 

March  8'*  1794, 

Aged  62 


1795 

[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory  of 
Mff  Rebekah  Lawrance 

wife  of  Lieu? 
Benjamin  Lawrance, 

who  died 

Fett  18*1795; 

Aged  72 

Her  maiden  name  was  DODGE. 

[  Willow  Tree.} 
In  Memory  of 
Artemas  Hemenway, 
son  of  Lieu4.  Samuel 
&  Mrs.  Sarah  Hemenway, 
who  died  March  13^ 

*79S>  Aged  3  years 
and  i  month. 

IN  Memory  of 

Polly  Reed, 

daug*  of  Mr.  John 

&  Mrs  :  Sally  Reed, 

who  died  March 


19  months. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  105 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

In  memory  of 

James  Rockwood, 

son  of  Lieut.  Samue^ 

and  M^s  Lucy  Rockwoo? 

his  wife  who  died 

July  28th  1795. 

Aged  4  years  10 

months  &  19  days. 


IN 

Memory  of  two 

Children  of  M^ 

Thomas  &  M™  Mary 

Wood 

Daniel  died  Elizabeth 

July  ye  304.!1  died  July  31" 

1795;  J79s; 

in  ye  41.1?  year  in  y6  3f  year 

of  his  age.  of  her  age. 


{Cherub's  Head.} 

Beneath  this  monu- 
ment lies  Buried 
SUSANNA  PRESCOTT, 
eldest  daughter  of 
JAMES  PRESCOTT  Jun. 
ESQ,  and  Mrs.  HANNAH 

PRESCOTT,  who  died 
August  1 4th  1795.  In 
ye  3d  year  of  her  age. 

So  fades  the  lovely  blooming  flower, 
Frail  smiling  solace  of  an  hour  ; 
So  soon  our  transient  comforts  fly ', 
And  pleasure  only  blooms  to  die. 


IO6  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[Cherub's  Head.] 

In  memory  of 

Thomas  Rockwood, 

Son  of  Lieut.  Samuel 

Rockwood  &  M™  Lucy 

his  wife  died  Aug.  17 

1795  ;  aged  one  year 

4  Months  &  10  days. 

[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory  of 

Miss  Anna  Wait 

Daughter  of  Lieul 

Phinehas  Wait  & 

Mrs  Edee  his  wife 

who  died 

Sep?   ye  I4«  I795. 

in  ye  i8J.h  year 
of  her  age. 

[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory  of 
M™  Edee  Wait, 

wife  of 

Lieu-  Phinehas  Wait, 
who  died 


in  ye  5o!.h  year 
of  her  age 

[Cherub.] 

IN 

Memory  of 

Miss  Elizabeth  Wait 

Daughter  of  Lieut 

Phinehas  Wait  & 

Mrs.  Sarah  his  wife 

who  died 

Oct.  y  13?  1  795; 

in  y6  26!?  year 

of  her  age. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


107 


[Urn.  Willmu  Tree  and  Urn.  Urn.] 

SACRED 
to  the  memory 

of 
JOSEPH  SHEPLE  ESQ? 

who  died 
Oct.  16.  1795. 

JEt.  74. 
The  son  of  JOHN  and  LYDIA  SHEPLE,  born  May  22,  1721. 

[Cherub.} 

IN 

Memory  of 

Miss  Naby  Fassett 

Daughter  of  Lieu' 

Amaziah  Fassett  & 

M™  Edee  his  wife 

who  died 

Oct.  ye  22f  1795  ; 

in  y6  21-'  year 

of  her  age. 

[Cherub's  Head\ 

ERECTED 

In  Memory  of 

M'  Jonas  Bowers 

who  died 

Nov:  ye  uth  1795  ; 
Aged  52. 

\Willtrw  Tree  and  Urn.] 
[Urn.]  IN  [Urn.] 

Memory  of 
Mr.  WILLIAM  PARK 

who  died 
Novr.  14.  1795. 

JEA.  32. 

Alass  !  from  death  the  terrors  fly, 
When  once  'tis  understood  ; 
'  Tis  nature's  call  'tis  God's  decree, 
And  is,  and  must  be  good. 


IO8  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1796 


{Cherub's  Head.} 

In  memory  of 

MR.  NEHEMIAH  TROWBRIDGE, 

son  of  the  late  Rev.  CALEB 

TROWBRIDGE,  who  died 

January  nth  1796. 

Aged  73  years. 

[Cherub.} 
IN 

Memory  of 
Miss  Bredget  Fletcher 

Daughter  of 

Mr.  Ezekiel  Fletcher  & 

Mrs.  Bredget  his  wife 

who  died 

Oct.   20?  1796, 

Aged  28. 

IN  memory  of 

Ralph  Nutting  Son  of 

Mr.  William  Nutting 

and  Mrs.  Susanna 

his  wife  who  died 

Nov.'  i9.'  1796.     Aged 

6  years  &  3  days. 

Farewell  dear  babe,  a  short  farewell, 
Till  we  shall  meet  again  above  ; 
In  the  sweet  groves  where  pleasures  dwell, 
And  trees  bear  fruits  of  life  6°  love. 


1797 

EPHRAIM   NUTTING 
DIED 

Jan.  10,  1797, 
Aged  91  years. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  109 


IN 

memory  of 
Elizabeth  Nutting 

Daughter  of 

Mr.  Abijah  and  Mrs. 

Eunice  Nutting 

who  died 
March  2.1  1797 ; 
Aged  2  years  n  mon- 
ths and  10  days. 


[Cherub's  Head.] 

In  memory  of 

MR.  EDMUND  TARBELL, 

the  son  of 

MR.  JOHN  &  MRS.  HANNAH 

TARBELL,  who  died  June  20th 

1797,  aged  31  years  and  13 

days. 

Youtti  s  fair  flower  soon  fades  and  dies, 
And  Life's  swift  moment  quickly  flies  ; 
But  to  prepare  for  Death  and  Heav'n 
Is  all  for  which  the  longest  Life  is  giv'n. 


\WlttffwTree.  Urn.  Willow  Tree} 

IN 

Memory  of 
Mrs.  Hannah  Green, 

wife  of 
Mr.  William  Green, 

who  died 
Sep.  3f  1797. 
Aged  90  years. 

Her  maiden  name  was  HOLDEN. 


HO  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ERECTED 

In  Memory  of 

Miss  Grace  Whiting 

daughter  of 
Leonard  Whiting  Esq. 
of  Hollis  N.H.  &  Ann 
his  wife,  who  departed 
this  Life  October  15*^ 

A)  1797.  ML  27. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN  Memory  of 
M™  MARY  LAWRANCE, 

wife  of 

M'  SALMON  LAWRANCE, 
who  died  Dec.  22, 

1797.  JEt.  28 

years  2  months  & 

26  days 


1798 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
[Urn.}  SACRED  [Urn.} 

to  the  memory  of 
MRS.  SARAH  SHATTUCK, 

wife  of 
Cap  yob  Shattucky 

who  died 
May  5.  1798. 

JEt.  61. 

Retire  my  friends  dry  up  your  tears 
I  shall  rise  when  Christ  appears. 

The  daughter  of  SAMUEL  and  SARAH  (HOLDEN)  HARTWELL, 
born  March  19,  1737-8.  She  was  one  of  a  band  of  patriotic 
women  who  arrested,  in  April,  1775,  LEONARD  WHITING,  of 
Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  a  noted  tory,  bearing  despatches  from 
Canada  to  the  British  in  Boston. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


II  I 


Tree.  Urn. 

IN 

Memory  of 
Mrs.  Deborah  Shipley 

wife  of 
Mr.  James  Shipley 

who  died 

Sepl  12!?  1798; 

Aged  37. 


Willow  Tree.} 


[  Willow  Tree.  Urn.  Willmu  Tret.] 

IN 

Memory  of 

MR.  JOHN  GRAGG 

who  died  Sep'  18,  1798; 

in  the  58  year  of  his  age. 

When  I  lie  bury'd  deep  in  dust, 
My  flesh  shall  be  thy  care  ; 
These  withering  limbs  with  thee  I  trust, 
To  raise  them  strong  and  fair. 

The  son  of  JACOB  and  MARGARET  GRAGG,  born  July  9,  1741. 


1799 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

MRS.  EUNICE  LAKIN 

wife  of  Mr  Jacob  Lakin 

who  died 

Janf.  i,  1799 

&t.  92. 

The  daughter  of  JOSIAH  and  LUCY  LAKIN  ;  she  was  born 
October  7,  1707,  and  married,  January  28,  1729-30,  her  cousin 
JACOB,  son  of  JOSEPH  and  ABIGAIL  LAKIN. 


112  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\CkeruVs  Head.\ 

{Hour-Glass^ 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  ROCKWOOD 

the  widow  of 
Lieu1.  ELISHA  ROCKWOOD 

who  departed  this  life 

May  1 6  A.  D.  1799,  in  the 

8oth  year  of  her  age. 

Her  maiden  name  was  ADAMS  ;  she  was  born  September  13, 
1719,  at  Sherborn,  and  was  married  August  17,  1738. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 

Memory  of 
Miss.  ELISABETH  TARB- 

ELL,  daughter  of 

Mr.  Nehemiah  &  Mrs 

Martha  Tarbell, 

who  died 
July  12,  1799  ; 

Aged  21. 

Friends  as  you  pass,  suppress  the  falling  tear, 
You  wish  her  out  of  heaven,  to  wish  her  hear. 


[Urn.] 

In  Memory  of 

Curtis  Cook  (Son  of 

Insign  Peter  Cook  & 

Mrs.  Alice  his  wife) 

who  died 

Sep.!  4!."  1799. 

Aged  i  year  3  months 

and  12  days 

Sleep  on  my  babe  !  &  take  your  rest ; 
God  'took  you  home,  \hen  he  thought  best. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  II 


[Urn.] 

In  Memory  of 

Evelina  Wheeler,  Daugf. 

of  Mr.  Asa  and  Mrs. 

Sarah  Wheeler,  who 

died  Sep^  8?  1799. 

^Et.  i  year  3  months 

&  2  days. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

IN  Memory  of 

MRS.  SARAH  FARWELL, 

Co"sort  of 
^  HENRY  FARWELL, 
who  died 
l  15  1799. 
Aged  66 

The  swee^  remembrance  of  the  just, 
Shall  flourish  when  they  sleep  in  dust. 

Her  maiden  name  was  TAYLOR,  and  she  was  from  Westford. 


IN  memory  of 
Nabby  Carlton  Daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Solomon  and 
Mrs.  Nabby  Carlton 

who  died 

Octf.  2*  1799.  Aged 

i  year  10  months  & 

15  days. 


114  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


[Urn.] 

IN  Memory  of 

Sally  Cook  Daughter  of 

Insign  Peter  Cook  & 

Mrs.  Alice  his  wife 

who  died 

Octf.  2?  1799. 

Aged  3  years  i  month 

and  20  days. 

Sleep  on  my  babe!  &•  take  your  rest; 
God  took  you  home,  when  he  thought  best. 


I800 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

IN  memory  of 

Mrs.  Susanna  the  wife  of 

Mr.  William  Nutting 

who  departed  this  life 

Feb!  12?  1800. 
Aged  42  years  & 
4  months. 

"  Be  still  and  know  that  I  am  God" 
Were  the  last  words  her  lips  exprest , 
Her  flesh  doth  rest  beneath  this  clod, 
Her  soul  enjoys  immortal  rest. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  115 


To 

The  memory  of 

HON.  JAMES  PRESCOTT  ESQ. 

This  monument  is 

Erected 

Stranger !  Here  lies  the  son  of  THE 
HON.  BENJAMIN  PRESCOTT  ESQ.  and  grandson 
of  JONAS  PRESCOTT  ESQ.  of  Groton,  and  great 
grandson  of  CAPT.  JOHN  PRESCOTT  of  Lanc- 
aster. He  was  born  Jan.  13^  A.  D.  1720,  i 
He  served  the  public  more  than  fifty  years  su- 
ccessively, in  various  military  offices,  the  of- 
fice of  civil  Magistrate,  Legislator,  Counsel- 
lor of  the  Executive,  Sheriff  of  Middlesex, 
or  Judge  of  the  C.  C.  Pleas,  which  last  he 
sustained  to  his  death.  He  was  distinguish- 
ed for  his  patriotic  labors  to  establish  the 
rights  and  independence  of  his  country. 
Ever  the  steady  friend  of  true  liberty,  infl- 
exible in  virtue,  and  thro'  life  exemplary 
for  Christian  piety. 

He  died  Feb.  15?,  A.  D.  1800,  &.  80. 

"  Quick  flees  the  shadow,  man  !  " 


[  Willffw  Tree.     Urn.     Willow  Tree.} 

ERECTED 
IN  Memory  of 
Mrs.  ABAGAIL  BUTTRICK 

wife  of 
Mr.  TILLY  BUTTRICK 

who  died 

May  2,  1800. 

^E.  44. 


Il6  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  Memory  of 
Mrs.  BREDGET  FLETCHER, 

wife  of 
Lieu*.  EZEKIEL  FLETCHER, 

who  died 
Aug*.  9,  1800. 

Aged  53. 

Mark  my  gay  f \iends  the  solemn  tole, 
Speaks  the  departure  of  the  soul, 
Let  each  one  ask  himself  am  I 
Prepaid,  shoul'd  I  be  calfd  to  die. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 
Mrs.  Ruth  Lawrance 

wife  of 

Mr.  Joel  Lawrance 

who  departed  this  life 

Nov.  19,  1800  ; 

ASed  35  years. 

The  daughter  of  JONATHAN  COLLIER,  of  Groton. 


1801 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

SACRED 

To  the  Memory  of 

Mr.  EPHRIAM  NASH, 

who  died 
Aug!.  27,  1801 ; 

Aged  71. 

The  sweet  Remembrance  of  the  just, 
Shall  flourish  when  they  sleep  in  dust. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  117 

l8O2 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

To 

the  Memory  of 

Mrs.  Sarah  Taylor 

Relict  of  Mr.  David 

Taylor  formerly  wife  of 

Mr.  W™  Parker 

and  also  wife  of 

Mr.  Abiel  Richardson 

She  died  Febf.  9,  1802  ; 

Aged  80  years. 


[Willow  Tree.} 

Daniel  Livermore, 
Died  August 

28.  1802, 
aged  3  months 

&  10  days. 
son  of  Mr  William 
Mrs  Betsey  Livermore, 


[Urn.] 
J.T. 

ERECTED 

in  memory  of 

MR.  JOHN  TARBELL, 

who  died  9,  Sep.  1802, 

in  the  80  th  year 

of  his  age. 

The  son  of  WILLIAM  and  MARY  (FARNSWORTH)  TARBELL,  born 
August  19,  1723  ;  he  married,  first,  October  29,  1753,  SARAH, 
daughter  of  JOHN  and  MARY  (BRADSTREET)  PARKER,  born  April 
14,  1726,  and,  secondly,  HANNAH 


Il8  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 

LIEU*  PHINEAS  WAIT-- 

who  departed  this  life 

Nov*  29,  1802  ; 

in  the  67  year  of 

his  age. 

The  son  of  PHINEAS  and  MARY  (HUBBARD)  WAIT,  born 
November  12,  1736;  he  married,  first,  January  28,  1762,  SARAH 
PIERCE,  of  Pepperell,  and,  secondly,  EDE 


1803 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Erected  in  Memory  of 
Mrs.  Jane  Reed  Relict 
of  Mr.  Timothy  Reed 

of  Dunstable,  formerly  the 
wife  of  Lieu1.  William 
Nutting  of  this  Town, 

who  died  Feb?  7,  1803,  in 
the  86  year  of  her  age. 


Her  maiden  name  was  BOYNTON. 


[Willow  Tree.     Urn.     Willow  Tree.] 

In  memory  of 
MR.  TIMOTHY  CROUCH 

who  died 

March  4  1803 

in  the  53,  Year 

of  his  age. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  1 19 

[Urn.} 

IN  memory  of 

LOVINA 

Consort  of  MR.  ABEL 

TARBELL,  who  died  ist. 

Octr.  1803.  in  the 

22  year  of 

her  age. 

The  daughter  of  JOSHUA  and  BRIDGET  LONGLEY,  of  Shirley, 
born  August  15,  1781. 

[Willow  Tree.} 

In  Memory  of 
Tho*  Barrett  Nutting 
son  of  Mr.  William  & 
Mrs.  Mary  Nutting,  he 

died  Octf  7*  1803, 
aged  1 8  months  &  19  Ds. 
Ah  !  little  Pleasant  lovely  Boy 
Thy  Father's  hope,  thy  Mather's 

Why  didst  thou  make  no  longer 

stay 

Just  steal  our  hearts  6»  then  away. 


\Will<rw  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 

memory  of 
MR.  ISAIAH  EDES 

who  died 

Novr.  17.  1803. 

^Et.  73 

The  son  of  PETER  and  ESTHER  (HALL)  EDES,  born  December 
ii,  1730,  at  Charlestown ;  he  married  AGNES,  daughter  of 
ROBERT,  Jr.,  and  SUSANNA  (JOHNSON)  SCREECH,  and  removed 
to  Grolon  jn  the  year  1796.  He  married  for  his  second  wife, 
Mrs.  53$w£wiPARKER,  and  for  his  third,  MARY  KEMP.  There 
were  no  children  by  the  second  marriage. 


I2O  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Wtilffw  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MR.  JAMES  MOORS 

son  of  Joseph  Moors 

Esq.  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Moors, 

who  died  Dec.  i4th, 

1803; 
in  the  2oth  year 

of  his  age. 

Let  sorrow  change  to  sacred  mirth, 
Know  God  in  love  hath  given 
The  pure  in  heart,  who  mourn  on  earth, 
Perpetual  smiles  in  heaven. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 
IN 

Memory  of 
CAPT.  HENRY  FARWELL, 

who  died 
Jan.  9,  1804, 
in  the  81  year 

of  his  age. 

The  son  of  WILLIAM  and  ELIZABETH  FARWELL,  born  July  21, 
1724;  a  soldier  in  the  French  war  and  a  captain  of  a  company 
of  minute  men  at  the  opening  of  the  Revolution.  He  was 
severely  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 

to 

the  memory  of 
CAP.  ASA  LAWRANCE, 

who  died 
Jan.  16.  1804. 

JEt.  67. 

The  son  of  PELEG  and  RUTH  LAWRENCE,  born  June  14,  1737  ; 
he  married,  July  27,  1757,  ABIGAIL  KING,  of  Littleton. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  12  I 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN  memory  of 
MRS.  MARY  STONE 

Relict  of 
DEA.  JAMES  STONE, 

who  died 

March  29*  1804; 

JEL  95. 


The  daughter  of  JoiSefand  HANNAH  FARWELL,  born  February 

/fc 

5,  1709;  she  was  married  December  28,  1726. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

HERE  lies  buried 

George  Dana, 
Son  of  Samuel  Dana 
&  Rebeck  ah  his  wife 

who  died  April  12 

A.  D.  1804,  aged  i  year 

6  months  &  10  days. 


{Urn.} 

IN  Memory  of 
Lieu1,  Reuben  Lewis. 

who  died 

May  4,  1804, 

aged  65 

years. 


122  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


\Urn  and  Willow  Tree.] 
Monumental  Tribute 

SAMUEL  ROCKWOOD, 

son  of 
ELISHA  ROCKWOOD,  and 

ELIZABETH  his  wife, 

Was  born  at  Groton  Decem.  6 

1754,  and  died  suddenly  May  29, 

1804 ;  for  a  course  of  years  he 

sustained  the  office  of  Deacon 

in  the  Church,  and  was  honored 

with  many  posts  of  civil  trust, 

the  duties  of  which 
He  discharged  with  great  prudence 
and  fidelity. 

In  his  character, 

was  conspicuous  an  uncommon  assemblage 
Of  the  mildest  and  most  useful  virtues. 

At  his  death, 

Among  survivors  who  knew  him, 
There  were  none  but  friends  — 
All  united  in  deploring  this  loss. 


Here  lies  Lydia  Ann 

Prescott,  daughter 

of  Oliver  Prescott 

Junr.  Esq.  and  Mrs.  Ann 

his  wife  who  died 

Sept.  4th  1804. 

Aged  i  year  and  1 1 

months. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  123 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
[Urn.]  ERECTED  [Urn.] 

In  memory  of 
MRS.  BETSY  GASS, 

wife  of 
MR.  THOMAS  GASS, 

who  died 

Sep.  21,  1804. 

in  the  35  year  of 

her  age. 

Death  is  a  debt  to  nature  due, 
I've  paid  the  debt  and  so  must  you. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

ERECTED 
IN  memory  of  Dea* 
BENJAMIN  BANCROFT 

who  died 
Octr.  27,  1804. 

JEt.  80. 

Eldest  child  of  BENJAMIN  and  ANNA  (LAWRENCE)  BANCROFT, 
born  September  29,  1724,  at  Charlestown  ;  he  married,  October 
18,  1749,  ALICE,  daughter  of  WILLIAM  and  MARY  (FARNSWORTH) 
TARBELL.  She  was  born  March  4,  1729-30,  and  died  November 
29,  1781. 

[A  TABLET.] 

ERECTED 
in  memory 

of  the 

HON.  OLIVER  PRESCOTT  ESQ. 

M.  D.     A.  A.  S.     M.  M.  S.  S. 

who  departed  this  life 

November  17,  A).  1804. 

aged  73  years,  6  months,  and  9  days. 

ALSO 
MRS.  LYDIA  PRESCOTT, 

Consort  of  the 
above  said  OLIVER  PRESCOTT,  who  died 

September  27,  A).  1798, 
aged  62  years,  1 1  months,  and  1 1  days. 


124  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 

MR.  CALEB  BLOOD, 

who  died 

Deer.  9.  1804. 

JEt.  70. 

fle^ 

From  death  the  gloomy  terrors 

When  once  tis  understood, 

'Tis  natures  call  "'tis  Gods  decree 

And  is  and  must  be  good. 

Son  of  JOHN  and  JOANNA  (NUTTING)  BLOOD,  born  November 
23,  1734;  he  married,  November  i,  1753,  for  his  first  wife, 
HANNAH,  daughter  of  JOHN  and  SARAH  (DAVIS)  HOLDEN,  and 
March  3,  1774,  for  his  second,  ELIZABETH,  daughter  of  ISAAC 
and  ANNA  (GREEN)  FARNSWORTH. 


1805 


[Uim.] 

Luther  Tarbell 

son  of  Mr.  William  & 

Mrs.  Mary  Tarbell, 

died  4  Jan.  1805 

aged  8  years  &  9 

months. 

[  Willmu  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN  Memory  of 
Mrs.  ALICE  COOK 

wife  of 
Mr.  PETER  COOK 

who  died 

March  16,  1805  ; 

Aged  29  years 

2  months  and 

13  days. 

The  sweet  remembrance  of  the  just, 
Shall  flourish  when  they  sleep  in  dust. 
Retire  my  friends,  dry  up  your  tears  ; 
Here  I  must  lay  till  Christ  appears. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  125 

[  Willow  Tree.} 

In  memory  of 

Peter  Woodberry,  son  of 

Mr.  Samuel  and 
Mrs.  Rebe^cah  Woodberry, 

who  died 
July  2,  1805  ; 
Aged  4  years. 

Sleep  on  sweet  babe,  and  tafe^  your  rest, 
For  God  will  call,  when  he  thinks  bes*. 


Keystone. 

Hour -Glass.  Compass. 

Trowel.         Urn.       Pickaxe. 

.  Coffin.  Spade. 

ERECTED 

in  memory  of 
Lieut.  JONAS  FARNSWORTH, 

who  departed  this  life 

suddenly  by  a  stroke  of  the  sun 

i6th  July  1805. 

in  the  57th  year 

of  his  age. 
An  honest  man  is  the  noblest  work  of  God. 

The  son  of  AMOS  and  LYDIA  (LONGLEY)  FARNSWORTH,  born 
August  1 8,  1748. 


\Willmo  Tree.] 

IN  Memory  of 

GABRIEL  L.  BLOOD, 

son  of  Mr.  Henry  dr-  Mrs. 

Abagail  Blood, 

who  died  Aug.  28,  1805. 

aged  6  years  &  7  months. 

Sleep  on  sweet  babe  6-  take  your 

(rest, 

For  God  will  call,  when  he  thinks 

(best. 


[26  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 

memory  of 
MR.  JAMES  KINDALL, 

who  died 

Sep.  20,  1805. 

JEt.  27. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ABIGAIL  GARDNER. 

consort  of 
THOMAS  GARDNER  ESQ. 

daughter  of  the 

HON.  EBENEZER  & 

ABIGAIL  CHAMPNEY, 

was  born 
May  4,  1767. 

died 
Nov.  TO,  1805. 

Thus  must  we  leave  the  banks  of  life, 
And  try  this  doubtful  sea 
Vain  are  our  groans  6°  dying  strife 
To  gain  a  moments  stay. 

Her    mother  was    the   daughter   of    the    Reverend    CALEB 
TROWBRIDGE,  the  fifth  minister  of  the  town. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  127 

1806 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MR.  JONATHAN  PEIRCE, 

who  died  May  12,  1806;  in 

the  55.  Year  of  his  age. 
He  was  a  tender  father,  an 

affectionate  husband, 
a  benevolent  neighbour, 

a  sincere  friend. 
Thrice  blessed  are  the  pious  dead, 
Who  in  the  Lord  shall  die  ; 
Their  weary  flesh  as  on  a  bed 
Safe  in  the  grave  shall  lie. 
Their  holy  souls  at  length  released 
To  heaven  shall  take  their  flight  ; 
There  to  enjoy  eternal  rest, 
And  infinite  delight" 

The   son   of  JONATHAN   and  RUTH  (GILSON)  PEIRCE,  born 
December  3,  1751. 


[Stars.        Square  and  Compass.        Stars.} 

IN  memory  of 
MR.  WILLIAM  LEPEAR, 

who  died 

June  5,  1806. 

^Et.  63. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  ] 

IN  Memory  of 
Lieut.  EZEKIEL  FLETCHER 

who  died 
July  7,  1806. 

Aged  65. 

Welcome  those  Bonds  which  did  unite 
My  soul  to  ifs  Supreme  delight 


128  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
SACRED 

To  the 
Memory  of 


JEPHTHAH  RICHARDSON 

who  died 
Oct!  9.  1806. 

JE.  49- 

The  noble,  generous,  resolute  6°  just, 
Like  other,  mortals  mingles  with  the  dust. 

The  son  of  CONVERSE  and  MARY  RICHARDSON  ;  he  kept  a 
tavern,  during  many  years,  on  the  present  site  of  the  Baptist 
Church. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
[Urn]  SACRED  [Urn.] 

To 

the  Memory  of 
MR.  WILLIAM  SHATTUCK 

who  died 

Oct.  9.  1806. 

^Et.  42. 

Son  of  JOB  and  SARAH  (HARTWELL)  SHATTUCK,  born  March 
8,  1765  ;  he  married  EUNICE,  daughter  of  SIMON  and  ANNA 
(SHATTUCK)  BLOOD. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN  memory  of 

OLIVE  MOORS 

daughter  of  Joseph 

Moors  Esq.  and  Mrs. 

Sarah  Moors,  who  died 

Nov.  6th,  1806  in  the 

1  4th  year  of  her 

age. 

As  fades  the  lovely  blooming  flower, 
Frail,  smiling  solace  of  an  hour  ! 
So  soon  our  transient  comforts  fly, 
And  pleasures  only  bloom  to  die. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  129 

[Urn.} 

In  Memory  of 
Sarah  Shattuck, 

Daughter  of 

Mr.  William  Shattuck, 

who  died  NovT.  7.  1806. 

Aged  7  years  & 

3  months. 


[Urn.] 

In  memory  of  Adeline 
Amelia  Weeks,  Daughf. 
of  Mr.  David  &  Mrs.  Eli- 
za Weeks,  who  died  Janf. 
1 6,  1807  ;  aged  5  mon- 
ths &  22  days. 

farewell  sweet  babe  farewell  adue 
No  more  with  pleasure  shall  I  look  on  you 
Death  comes  with  a  scythe  to  cut  the  down 
Like  the  tender  grass  you  must  be  mown 
You  have  left  a  world  of  sorrow  sin  &>  pain 
It  is  wicked  to  call  thee  back  to  life  again. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
[Urn.]  SACRED  [Urn.] 

To 

the  Memory  of 

MRS.  EUNICE  SHATTUCK. 

wife  of  Mr.  William  Shattuck 

who  died  Feb.  10  1807. 

^t.  41. 

The  daughter  of  SIMON  and  ANNA  (SHATTUCK)  BLOOD,  born 
February  25,  1766. 


130  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Urn.  Willffw  Tree.  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR. 

THOMAS  GRAGG, 
who  died  May  17, 

1807,  JEt.  61. 
ALSO  MRS.  EUNICE, 
his  wife,  died  Dec. 
18,  1826.  ^Et.  76. 
In  dust  their  rdicks  here  repose, 
Their  joys  and  grief s  are  done  ; 
The  Judgment  day  will  full  disclose, 
The  crowns  which  they  have  won. 

The  son  of  JACOB  and  MARGARET  GRAGG,  born  July  21,  1746  ; 
he  married,  December  i,  1768,  EUNICE,  daughter  of  JOHN  and 
LYDIA  (PARKER)  LAKIN,  born  August  19,  1750. 

[  Willffw  Tree  and  Urn.] 
IN 

Memory  of 
Lieut.  Benjamin  Lawrence6 

who  died 
July  5,  1807. 

^Et.  87. 

The  son  of  NATHANIEL  and  ANNA  (SCRIPTURE)  LAWRENCE, 
born  November  6,  1720;  he  married,  June  20,  1744,  REBECCA 
DODGE. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN  memory  of 
Ensign  PETER  COOK 

who  died 

Nov.  9  A.  D.  1807. 
Aged  42  years 
and  ii  months. 

Alass  !  from  death  the  tenors  fly, 
When  once  ''tis  understood ;' 
'  Tis  nature's  call  'tts  God's  decree, 
And  is  &  must  be  good. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  131 

I808 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

MR.  SAMUEL  FLETCHER 

who  died 
JanT.  13,  1808. 
JEt.  27. 


[  Urn,  Compass,  and  Willow  Tree.} 

In  memory  of 

MR.  TIMOTHY  SPAULDING, 

who  died  Feb.  19,  1808 ; 

aged  38  years  10  months 

&  ii  days. 


Dorothy  Emerson, 
daughter  of  Mr.  De- 
arborn, &  Mrs.  Sal- 
ly Emerson,  died 
29th  Feb.  1808. 
Aged  i  year,  5  mon- 
ths and  27  days. 


[Urn  and  Willow  Tree.} 

In  memory  of 

Miss  MARIA  SAWTELL 

dau.  of  Ens.  RICHARD  & 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  SAWTELL 

who  died  22,  April  1808  ; 

in  the  38  year  of 

her  age. 

Death  is  a  debt  by  nature  due, 
Which  I  have  paid  6-  so  must  you. 


132  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[Urn.  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  Urn.] 

SACRED 
to  the  memory  of 
MRS.  LUCY  HOBART 

wife  of 
Mr.  jfosiah  Hobart 

who  died 
June  5,  1808 

yEt.  90. 
Erected  by  William  Cumings  Esq. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

in  memory  of 

CAPT. 
EBENEZER  HOPKINS, 

who  died 
August  24,  1808. 

Mi.  88. 

Cruel  death  hath  conquered  me, 
I  with  his  dart  am  slain  ; 
But  Christ  hath  conquered  death, 
And  I  shall  rise  again. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

James  son  of  Mr. 

James  &  Mrs.  Faithey 

Ridgway,  died  9 

Sept.  1808  aged 

20  months. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
SACRED 

To 
the  Memory 

of 
MR.  ISAAC  BOWERS, 

who  died 
Sep.  14,  1808. 

^Et.  67. 

The  son  of  SAMUEL  and  DEBORAH  (FARNSWORTH)  BOWERS, 
born  June  26,  1741 ;  he  married,  March  25,  1765,  PRISCILLA 
DODGE. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  133 

Sewall  Emerson, 
son  of  Mr.  Dearborn, 

and  Mrs.  Sally 
Emerson,  died  16 

Oct.  1808. 
Aged  9  days. 


[Urn.] 

IN  memory  of 
Charls  Ames, 

Son  of 
Mr.  Peter  & 
Sally  Ames, 

who  died 

Novr.  8,  1808. 

Aged  3  years, 

3  months  & 

15  days. 


[  Willow  Tree  and 

IN 

memory  of 
MR.  PHINEAS  PARKER, 

who  died 
Feb.  15  1809. 

Ml.  61. 
This  stone  erected  by  his 

Brother 
y antes  Parker,  ESQ. 

The  son  of  LEONARD  and  ABIGAIL  PARKER,  born  September 
23,  1748;  he  married,  May  26,  1773,  RELIEF,  daughter  of 
ROBERT  and  DEBORAH  PARKER,  born  March  27,  1750. 


134  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Urn  and  Willow  Tree.] 

In  memory  of 

SARAH, 

wife  of 

JOSEPH  ROCKWOOD, 

who  died 

March  29,  1809, 

Mt.  66. 

Her  maiden  name  was  RICHARDSON  ;  she  was  married  January 
30,  1766. 


[Willtrw  Tree.         Urn.         Willcrw  Tree.] 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

Mr.  STEPHEN  KEMP, 

who  died  April  29 

1809. 

Aged  27  years. 
son  of  Capt.  LEVI  &  Mrs. 

REBECKAH    KEMP. 
He  liv'd  belorfd  6-  died  lamented 


{Willow  Tree  and  Urn]. 

Mem0-  Mori 

SACRED 

To 

the  Memory  of 
MR.  JOHN  SHEPLE, 

who  died 
May  27,  A).  1809. 

JEt.  52. 
Exe.  by  John  Park  Jr. 

The  son  of  JOHN  and  ABIGAIL  (GREEN)  SHEPLE,  born  February 
3,  1757- 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  135 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 
Miss  REBECCA  LEWIS 

who  died 

June  21-  1809, 

JEt.  47- 

The  daughter  of  JAMES  and  REBECCA  (BROWN)  LEWIS,  born 
July  15,  1762,  at  Billerica. 


1810 

[Willow  Tree.} 

An 

infant  son  of 
LIEU'.  ABR?  & 
MARY  MOORE 

born 

May  7.  A). 
1810. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

Memento  Mori 

SACRED 
to  the  memory  of 

of 

CAP.  JAMES  LEWIS, 
formerly  of  Billerica 

who  died 

June  12.  1810. 

ALL  75  . 

The  son  of  BENJAMIN  and  ELIZABETH  QAQUITH)  LEWIS,  born 
September  25,  1735,  at  Wilmington.  He  married,  January  3, 
1760,  REBECCA  BROWN,  and  removed  to  Groton  in  the  spring 
of  1796. 


136  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\Willcrw  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

SALLY  E.  BLOOD, 

Daugh\  of  Mr..  Luther  Blood, 

and  M"  Sally  his  wife, 

who  died  July  18,  1810. 

JEt.  2.  years. 


1811 

\WUl(rw  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 
to  the  memory 

of 
ABIGAIL  GARDNER 

daughter  of 
Thomas  Gardner  Esq. 

and 
Abigail  Gardner 

his  wife 

who  died  March  23,  1811 
aged  1 8  years 

"Beauty  only  blooms  to  die," 
But  this  mortal,  must  put  on 

immortality." 


MR.  JOHN  PARK, 

DIED 
MAY  26/181 1, 

JET.  50. 
MRS.  LYDIA,  HIS  WIFE, 

DIED 

SEPT.  3,  1845, 
JET.  82. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  137 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 

MRS.  BETSEY  PAGE 

wife  of  Enoch  C,  Page 

who  died 

June  6,  1811. 

JEt.  22. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN  memory  of 

WILLIAM  TUFTS, 

Son  of  Mr.  Eliakim  6°  Mrs. 

Sarah  Tufts,  who  died 

Sep.  i,  1811  : 

^Et.  17. 

Youth  b\oomingfair  and  age  must  die 
And  turn  to  dust  as  well  as  I. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 
MRS.  SIBEL  STONE, 

widow  of 
Mr.  Nathaniel  Stone, 

who  died 

Sep?.  27.  1811. 

JEA.  78. 

[Urn.] 
Abigail  Wheelock 

Daughter  of 
John  &>  Lydia  Todd 
died  Decr.  4.  1811. 
^Et.  i  year  &  4  mo! 


[38  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

1812 

[Wittow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ERECTED 

in  memory  of 

MR.  SILAS  PARKER, 

who  died 

Feb?  23?  1812, 

in  the  52"?  year 

of  his  age. 

O  ye  whose  cheek  the  tear  of  pity  stains. 
Draw  near  with  pious  reverence  and  attend! 
Here  lie  the  loving  husband 's  dear  remains, 
The  tender  father,  and  the  gen' rous  friend. 


[  Willvw  Tree.  Urn.  Willmv  Tree.} 

In 

memory  of 
MR.  EPHRAIM  Kemp. 

who  died 
Apr^l  30,  1812, 
^Et.  71,  years. 

tear s  : 

Retire  my  friends  dry  up  your 

ars. 

Here  I  lie  till  Christ  appe 


The  son  of  SAMUEL  and  ELIZABETH  (GILSON)  KEMP,  born 
March  22,  1741. 


JERUSHA, 

wife  of 

Ephraim  Nutting, 

DIED 

May  22,  1812, 
Aged  87  years. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  139 

[Urn.  Willow  Tree.  Urn.] 

ROWLAND  LAWRENCE, 

DIED 

June  17,  1812, 

^Et.  49. 
MAHALA, 

his  wife 

died  July  30,  1790, 
JEt.  26 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN  memory  of 
MR.  ELISHA  YOUNG 

who  died 
Nov.  19,  1812. 

Mt.  58. 

Death  is  a  debt  you  all  must  pay, 
Prepare  then  for  your  dying  day. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 

Miss  SYRENA  SHEPLE 

Dau.  of  Mr.  Wilder  &• 

Mrs.  Phebe  Sheple 

who  died 
Dec.  25.  1812. 
JEt.  12  years. 

Stop  passenger  as  you  pass  by, 
As  you  are  now,  so  once  was  I ; 
As  I  am  now,  so  you  must  be, 
Prepare  for  death  and  follow  me. 


140  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

1813 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
[Urn.]  IN  [Urn.} 

Memory  of 

LIEU*  JOBE  SHATTUCK, 
the  3":d  who  died 
Feb.  20,  1813 : 

Mt.  31. 

Friends  and  physicians  could  not  save, 
My  mortal  body  from  the  grave, 
Nor  can  the  grave  confine  me  here, 
When  Christ  my  Saviour  doth  appear. 

The  son  of  JOB  and  ELIZABETH  (BLOOD)  SHATTUCK,  born 
January  22,  1782  ;  he  married,  April  19,  1803,  POLLY  PRESCOTT, 
daughter  of  ELNATHAN  and  RUTH  SAWTELL,  born  January  n, 
1784.  His  widow  afterward  married  LUTHER  SHATTUCK,  a 
brother  of  her  first  husband. 


[  Willow  Tree.] 
In  memory  of 

(BEE, 

MR.  PARKER  WETHER 

who  died 

Feb.  25,  1813, 

^Et.  43- 


[  Willffw  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

CALVIN  BLOOD, 

Son  of  Mr.  Luther  Blood 

and  Mrs.  Sally  his  wife, 

who  died  Febr.  27. 

1813.  ^Et.  ii.  days. 
Sleep  on  sweet  child  6*  take  thy  re*tj 
To  call  thee  home  God  saw  it  be* 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  141 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  ] 

IN 
memory  of 

CAPT. 
EZEKIEL  SHATTUCK, 

who  died 

April  i.  1813. 

JEt.  48. 

Just  as  the  grass  is  withered 
Beneath  the  scorching  sun, 
His  glory  in  the  dust  is  laid, 
His  usefulness  is  done. 

The  son  of  NOAH  and  SARAH  (HARTWELL)  SHATTUCK,  born 
April  12,  1763;  he  married,  September  25,  1788,  PRUDENCE, 
daughter  of  LEVI  BLOOD,  born  October  30,  1770. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

Memory  of 
MR.  BENJ*  BOWERS, 

who  died 

May  4,  1813, 

JEt.  47- 

The   son   of   ISAAC  and  PRISCILLA  (DODGE)  BOWERS,   born 
October  27,  1766. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN  memory  of 
MRS.  MARY  GULLIVER, 

widow  of 
Mr.  Benjamin  Gulliver, 

who  died 

June  7,  1813; 

JEt.  31. 

Her  maiden  name  was  BANCROFT. 


142  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  Memory  of 

Miss 

ABIGAIL  W.  PATTERSON. 

Daugr  of  Mr.  Nicolus  6- 

Mrs.  Abigail  W.  Patterson  of 

Harvard,  who  died 

June  23,  1813. 

^Et.  22. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Anna  dau.  of  Capt. 

Noah  &•  Mrs.  Anna 

Shattuck,  died  Sept. 

19th  1813  :  aged  9  years 

&•  9  months. 

trust, 

May  guardian  cherubs  watch  thy  sacred 
Till  recent  life  reanimates  thy  dust. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

MRS.  REBECCA  LEWIS, 

wife  of 
CAP*.  JAMES  LEWIS, 

who  died 

Jan.  i,  1814. 

JEt.  75. 

The  daughter  of  SAMUEL  BROWN,  of  Billerica,  born  February 
29>  1 739-40. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

James  Son  of 

Mr.  James  &  Mrs. 

Faithey  Ridgway, 

died  Jan.  19,  1814. 

Aged  8  months. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  143 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 
Memory  of 

Miss 
MARJARY  LAWRENCE. 

who  died 

Jan.  29,  1814. 

JEt.  63. 

The  daughter  of  BENJAMIN  and  REBECCA  (DODGE)  LAWRENCE, 
born  January  3,  1751. 


[Willow  Tree.] 

In  memory  of 

Joseph  T.  Nutting, 

son  of 

Mr.  Joseph  Danforth  &• 
Mrs.  Luanda  Nutting, 

who  died 

March  24.  1814. 

aged  2  years. 

We  will  not  weep 
Our  babe's  asleep 
In  Jesus'  arms. 


[Willow  Tree.] 

IN  memory  of 
James  Putnam 

son  of 

Peter  &>  Susanna  Putnam 
who  died  March  29,  1814. 

aged  9  years  6  months 
Corruption  earth  and  worms 
Doth  but  refine  this  fiesh  ; 
Till  my  triumphant  spirit  comes 
And  puts  it  on  afresh. 


144  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 
MR.  WILDER  SHEPLE 

who  died 
April  2.  1814. 

^Et.  60. 

Not  beauty  youth  nor  friend  could  save, 
Nor  virtue  snatch  theefrom  the  grave, 
Nor  sigh  nor  groan  nor  falling  tear, 
Prolong  thy  stay  one  moment  here. 

The  son  of  JOSEPH  and  EUNICE  SHEPLE,  born  May  5,  1754. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

•  memory  of 
THOMAS  LAWRANCE, 
Son  of  Mr.  Joel  &• 
Mrs.  Ruth  Lawrance, 

who  died 
Augt.  5.  1814. 

Mi.  22. 
He  was  drowned  in  Long  Pond. 

[Willffw  Tree  and  Urn] 

IN 

memory  of 
MRS.  ABIGAIL  TROWBRIDGE, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Nehemiah  Trowbridge, 

who  died 
Oct!  14,  1814 

JEt.  78. 

Thrice  happy  shades,  now  freed  from  cares, 
Thy  mortal  frame  at  rest, 
Secure  from  pain,  from  grief  and  fears, 
With  kindred  souls  thou'rt  blest. 

The  daughter  of  MATTHIAS  and  ABIGAIL  (SHED)  FARNSWORTH, 
born  November  19,  1735;  she  was  married  January  12,  1758. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  145 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 

Sarah  S.  Brown, 

Dau.  of  Mr.  Aaron  6 

Mrs.  Sarah  Brown, 

Died  Dec.  14,  1814; 

aged  1 6  months. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ALMON, 

died  Jan.  29,  1815, 

yEt.  3  ms.  15  ds. 

LYMAN,  JR. 

died  Sept.  16,  1826, 

JEt.  1 6  ys.  ii  ms.  3  ds. 

Sons  of  Lyman  6- 

Nabby  Fletcher. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

[Urn.]  ERECTED  [Urn.] 

in  memory  of 

SALLY  STONE 

consort  of  Nathaniel  Stone 

who  died  March  8,  1815. 

JEt.  24. 

Also  in  memory  of 

an  Infant,  son  of 

Nathaniel  6*  Sally  Stone, 

who  died  Aug.  25,  1813. 

Aged  24  hours. 


146  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Willow  Tree  and Urn.] 

IN 
memory  of 

MR. 
NATHANIEL  SHATTUCK, 

who  died 
April  5.  1815. 

JEA.  67. 

friends  nor  physicians  could  not  save, 
My  mortal  body  from  the  grave  ; 
Nor  can  the  grave  confine  me  here, 
When  Christ  shall  call  me  to  appear. 

The  son  of  WILLIAM  and  EXPERIENCE  (SPAULDING)  SHATTUCK, 
born  at  Hollis,  New  Hampshire;  he  married  EUNICE,  daughter 
of  BENJAMIN  and  BETTY  (NUTTING)  HAZEN,  born  April  30,  1754. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR.  SAMPSON  PRESCOTT, 

who  died  May  16, 

1815  ;  JEt.  52  ys. 

Also  MRS.  LUCY, 

his  wife,  died  March 

14,  1834;  ^t.  71  ys. 

"  Here  memory  comes  by  true  affection  led 

To  commune  with  the  distant  and  the  dead „ 

[Urn.  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

in  memory  of 

MR.  RICHARD  SAWTELL 

who  died 

Octr.  16.  1815. 

JEt.  78. 

The  son  of  HEZEKIAH  and  JOANNA  (WILSON)  SAWTELL,  born 
June  21,  1737  ;  he  married,  March  23,  1763,  ELIZABETH  BENNET. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  147 

1  '    1816 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
[Urn.]  ERECTED  [Urn.} 

in  memory  of 
MR.  BELA  HEMENWAY, 

Son  of 

Lieut.  Samuel  Hemenway, 
and  Mrs.  Sarah  his  wife, 

who  died 

Janr.  17. 1816. 

JEt.  26. 


[  Willfftv  Tree  and  Urn} 

JONAS 

Son  of  Mr.  Thomas  &• 
Mrs.  Lovina  Farnsworth 

died  Febr.  2.  1816. 
JEt.  3  mo!  &•  13.  days  . 

Ah  !  little  pleasant  lovely  boy, 
Thy  fathers  hope  thy  mothers  joy, 
Why  didst  thou  make  no  longer  stay, 
Just  steal  our  hearts  and  then  away. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

SACRED 

to 

the  memory  of 
MR  JONAS  STONE 

who  died 

April  26,  1816, 

JEt.  78. 

The    son    of   JOSEPH   and  MARY  (PRESCOTT)   STONE,  born 
November  n,  1737. 


148  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

MR.  BENJAMIN  JAQUITH 

who  died 
June  i,  1816, 

Mt.  65. 

Dear  friends  remember 
Dust  thou  art,  and  unto 
Dust  shalt  thou  return. 

[Urn  and  Willow  Tree.} 

In  memory  of 
JOSEPH  ROCKWOOD, 

who  died 

June  9,  1816, 

M\..  72. 

The  son  of  ELISHA  and  ELIZABETH  ROCKWOOD,  born  June  13, 
1744;  he  married,  January  30,  1766,  SARAH  RICHARDSON. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

Miss 

Prudence  Dunsmoor 
died  June  22 

1816 
Mi.  38.     . 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ERECTED 

In  memory  of 

WILLIAM  S. 

PARK, 

-    son  of  Mr.  John  Park  6r* 
Mrs.  Lydia  his  wife 

who  died 

Augt.  20,  1816  j 

JEt.  20. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  149 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

[Urn.]  SACRED  [Urn.] 

to  the  memory  of 

JEAN  DAY 

wife  of 

Moses  Day 

who  died 

Oct.  14,  1816, 

JEt.  48. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ERECTED 

in  memory  of 
MRS.  JANE  TARBELL, 

wife  of 
Major  Abell  Tarbell, 

who  died 

Oct.  29,  1816, 

JEt.  36. 

Her  maiden  name  was  HARKNESS,  and  she  was  from  Lunenburg. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn] 

IN 

memory  of 
Miss  ESTHER  EDES 

who  died 

Novr.  ri.  1816. 

JEL  52. 

The  daughter  of  ISAIAH  and  AGNES  (SCREECH)  EDES,  baptized 
December  16,  1764,  at  Charlestown. 


150  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  memory  of 

MR. 
JOSEPH   ALLEN, 

who  died 

Jan.  24,  1817  : 

JEt.  80. 


[Willow  Tree.} 

JOHN  O.  WILLIAMS 

Son  of 

Mr.  Lewis  &>  Mrs. 

Abigail  Williams, 

died  Febr.  28,  1817  ; 

ufEt.  9  months. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

[Urn.]  IN  [Urn.] 

memory  of 

MR. 
STEPHEN  MUNROE 

who  died 
Septr.  16.  1817. 

JEt.  66. 

Farewell  my  partner,  children,  all, 
For  we  a  while  must  part  ; 
But  soon  shall  meet  upon  that  shore, 
Where  we  shall  meet  to  part  no  more. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
MOSES  AMES 

son  of 

Mr.  George  & 

Mrs.  yemima 

G.  Gillmore. 

died 

Sep*  20,  1817, 
aged  i  Yr. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  151 

[  Willow  Tree  ami  I7rn.] 

IN 

memory  of 
MRS.  BETSY  LAWRANCE, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Joel  Lawrance, 

who  died 

Nov.  26,  1817. 

^Et.  52. 

Her  maiden  name  was  STEDMAN,  and  she  was  Mr.  LAWRENCE'S 
second  wife. 


1818 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ERECTED 

in  memory  of 

LIEU.  SAMUEL  HEMENWAY 

who  died 
March  15.  1818. 

JEL  70. 

Death  is  a  debt  to  all  nature  due 
I  have  pay"d  the  debt  and  so  must  you. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  memory  of 

MR. 
AMOS  STONE  JR. 

who  died 

May  27,  1818, 

JEt.  42. 

The  son  of  AMOS  and  MOLLY  (MOORS)  STONE,  born  September 

21,   1776. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  MARY, 

wife  of  Mr.  Joseph  Allen, 

who  died 

Nov.  3,  1818: 

JEt.  72. 


152  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR  JACOB  PATCH 
who  died  Dec.  22, 

1818.  ^Et.  72. 
Also  MRS.  MARY, 

wife  of 

Mr.  Jacob  Patch, 
died  Aug.  27,  1828. 

JEt.  85. 

The  son  of  EBENEZER  and  SARAH  PATCH,  born  April  5,  1747  ; 
his  wife  was  the  daughter  of  BENJAMIN  and  BETTY  (NUTTING) 
HAZEN,  born  April  28, 1743.  They  were  married  January  9,  1772. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn] 
[Urn]  SACRED  [Urn.] 

to  the  memory  of 
CAP.  JOB  SHATTUCK 

who  died 
Jan.  13.  1819. 

JEt.  84. 

The  son  of  WILLIAM  and  MARGARET  (LUND)  SHATTUCK,  born 
February  n,  1735-6.  He  was  a  noted  leader  in  the  insurrection 
of  1786,  —  known  as  the  Shays's  Rebellion,  —  and  was  afterward 
tried  for  high  treason,  convicted,  and  sentenced  to  be  hanged, 
but  was  subsequently  pardoned. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn] 
SACRED 

TO 

the  memory  of 
BENJAMIN  RICHARDSON, 

son  of 

MR.  Alpheus  Richardson, 
.  d^  Mrs.  Phebe  his  wife 

who  died   < 
June,  n,  1819, 
Aged  20  years. 
He  liv'd  below1  d  and  died  lamented. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


153 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 
In  Memory  of 

MR. 
SAMUEL  BENNETT, 

who  died 

Aug.  29,  1819, 

JEt.  25. 


\Willffw  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In 

memory  of 

MRS.  PRUDENCE  SHATTUCK 

Consort  of  Capt.  Ezekiel 

Shattuck,  Obt.  Sept.  2, 

1819,  yEt.  49. 

With  grace  and  piety  her  days  were  crown' d 
With  lustre  bright  her  -virtue  shine  around 
Reader  could  ashes  speak  they'd  loudly  cry 
Make  God  your  friend  and  so  prepare  to  die. 

The  daughter  of  LEVI  BLOOD,  born  October  30,  1770;  she  was 
married  September  25,  1788. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 
Memory  of 

Mrs.  MARY    PARKER, 

wife  of 
Mr.  jfosias  Parker, 

who  died 

Sept.  25,  1819; 

Mt.  41. 

Our  hearts  are  fastened  to  this  world, 
By  strong  and  endless  ties  ; 
But  every  sorrow  cuts  a  string, 
And  urges  us  to  rise. 


154  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 
MRS.  ELIZABETH  BLOOD, 

wife  of 

Mr.  Caleb  Blood 
who  died  Dec.  9,  1819; 

JEi.  70: 

Why  do  we  mourn  departing  friends, 
Or  shake  at  death's  alarm  ; 
Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jesus  sends, 
To  call  them  to  his  arms. 

The  daughter  of  Deacon  ISAAC  and  ANNA  (GREEN)  FARNS- 
WORTH,  born  March  24,  1750;  she  was  married  March  3,  1774. 


l82O 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

GEORGE 
KORTLANDT, 

Son  of  Mr.  Aaron  &• 
Mrs.  Sally  Lewis, 
died  Jan.  16,  1820 
JEt.  4  ys.  &  6  ms. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
SACRED 

TO 

the  memory  of 

William, 

son  of 

Mr.  Alpheus  dr> 
Mrs.  Phebe  Richardson, 

who  died 
Aug.  3,  1820 ; 

JEt.  17. 
This  mortal  must  put  on  immortality. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  155 

[Urn.        Willow  Tree.        Urn.] 
THOMAS    TROWBRIDGE 

died  Sept.  22,  1820, 
^Et.  85  yrs.  1 1  mos. 

RUTH 

his  wife 

died  Aug.  8,  1836, 

^Et.  86  yrs. 

The  son  of  the  Reverend  CALEB  and  HANNAH  (WALTER) 
TROWBRIDGE,  born  November  12,  1734.  RUTH  was  his  second 
wife,  and  her  maiden  name  was  NEVERS" 


1821 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

G 

\Spade.    Plumb.    Level.        Square  and  Compass.        Mallet.    Rule.    Trowel.} 

SACRED 

To 

the  memory  of 
MR.  ALPHEUS  RICHARDSON, 

who  died 
Jan.  20.  1821 ; 

JEt.  47- 
Forgive  blest  shade,  the  tributary  tear, 

like  this; 

That  mourns  thy  exit  from  a  world 

J  here, 

Forgive  the  wish  that  would  have  kept  thee 
And  stayed  thy  progress  to  the  seats  of  bliss. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

HARIOT  NEWELL 

Daughter  of  William  6° 

Betsy  Farnsworth, 

who  died 
July  28,  1821  ; 
^t.  3  yrs.  9  mo. 
This  lovely  bud  so  young  and  fair, 
CaFd  hence  by  early  doom  ; 
yust  comers  how  how  sweet  a  flower, 
In  paradise  would  bloom. 


156  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 

memory  of 
MRS.  ZERVIAH  PRESTON, 

who  died 
Aug.  6.  1821. 

&t-  S3- 

Can  reason's  dictates  be  obeyed, 
So  weak  alas  !  her  strongest  aid , 
O,  let  religion  then  be  nigh, 
Her  consolations  never  die. 

\Willmo  Tree.] 

In  memory  of 

REBECCA, 

Daur.  of  Mr.  Joseph  &*. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Hemenway 

who  died 
Octr.  2,  1821  ; 
JEt.  1 6  months. 

[Willow  Tret.] 

Jane  Nutting 

Daughter  of 

Cap.  Joseph  D.  6- 

Mrs.  Lucinda  Nutting 

died  Oct.  n,  1821, 

Aged  3  months. 

\Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 

memory  of 
FANNY, 

Daur.  of  Mr.  Joseph  6-. 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Hemenway, 

who  died 

Nov.  5,  1821  : 

^Et.  5  years. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  157 

[Willow  Tree.] 

In  memory  of 
MRS.  SUSANNA  PATCH 

wife  of 

Mr.  Zara  Patch, 

and  Daughter  of 

William  Nutting  Esq. 

who  died 

Dec.  10,  1821 ; 

JEt.  40. 


[  Willow  Tree.] 

JOHN  B. 

Son  of 

Mr.  John  and 

Mrs.  Martha  Smith. 

died  Dec.  u,  1821, 

JEt.  9  y.  &  10  m. 

He  liv'd  beloved  6»  died  lamented. 


l822 

[North  Side.]  [A   MONUMENT.] 

EPHRAIM    NUTTING 

DIED    MAR.   1 8,   1822 

AGED  57 

MARY 
WIFE    OF 

EPHRAIM    NUTTING 
DIED   JULY  28,   1859 

AGED  88 

ASA    NUTTING 

DIED  FEB.  27,   1830 

AGED   31 

NUTTING 


158  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Wat  Side.] 

LUTHER    NUTTING 
DIED   AUG.  25,  1849 

AGED  42 

NATHAN    K.    MOORE 
DIED    OCT.  3.   i860. 

AGED  65 
CHARLOTTE    P. 

WIFE    OF 

NATHAN    K.    MOORE 

DIED    MAR.    20.   1862 

AGED   69 

[East  Side.] 

PETER    BOWEN 

DIED   MAY  5,   1836 

AGED  45 

SYLVIA  T. 

WIFE    OF 

PETER    BOWEN 

DIED  MAR.    I.   1842 

AGED  50 

AVERY    E.    NUTTING 

DIED    FEB.   IQ.  1849 

AGED  15  Months 

[  Wllmo  Tree  and  Urn] 

SACRED 

to 

the  memory  of 

CHARLES. 

Son  of  Mr.  Alpheus 

Richardson  &*, 
Mrs.  Phebe  his  wife 
died  May  25,  1822  ; 

MX..  19  yr.  6  mo. 

Down  to  the  dead  all  must  descend 
And  saints  of  God  must  die  ; 
While  angels  guard  the*^  souls  to  rest 
In  dust  their  bodies  lie. 

Abel  Sawtell  Groton  [fecit.] 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  159 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

G 

[Spade,  Level,  and  Plumb.     Square  and  Compass.      Mallet,  Rule,  and  Trowel.] 

IN 

»      Memory  of 
CAP.  JOHN  WILLIAMS 

who  died 
July  i,  1822  ; 

JEt.  76. 

The  son  of  JOHN,  Jr.,  and  ELIZABETH  (CUTTER)  WILLIAMS, 
born  July  4,  1746. 

[Willow  Tree.] 

IN 
memory  of 

ALMIRA, 

dauf.  of  Cap.  Thomas 
6-  Mrs.  Milly  Blood, 

who  died 
Aug.  19,  1822. 
JEt.  5  yr.  10  mo. 
There  is  beyound  the  skies, 
A  heaven  of  joy  and  love, 
And  all  good  children  when  the 
Go  to  that  world  above.  "' 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

Memory  of 

MR.  DAVID  GREEN 

Born  at  Groton,  March  10. 

1741.  Died  at  Mason  N.  H. 

Nov.  TO.  1822. 

^Et.  81. 

Stop,  friend  and  read  as  you  pass  by  ; 
As  you  are  now,  so  once  was  I; 
As  I  am  now,  so  you  must  be  ; 
Prepare  for  Death,  and  follow  me. 

The  son  of  JONATHAN  and  SARAH  (LAKIN)  GREEN. 


160  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1823 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

DOCT. 

SAMUEL  HEMENWAY, 
Son  of  Lieut,  Samuel  Hemenway 

who  died 

Jan.  8,  1823 ; 

JEt.  45- 


[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 

to  the 

memory  of 

MRS.  PHEBE  RICHARDSON, 

Consort  of 

Alpheus  Richardson  Esq. 
who  died  April  28.  1823. 
JEt.  46. 

Death  is  a  debt,  to  nature  due, 
I've  paid  the  debt,  and  so  must  you. 


In  memory  of 
JOHN  BRIGHT, 

who  died 

May  31,  1823, 

y£t.  71. 

The  days  of  our  years  are  three  score  years  and  ten  ; 
and  if  by  reason  of  strength  they  be  four  score  years, 
yet  is  their  strength  labour  and  sorrow  ;  for  it  is 
soon  cut  off,  and  we  pass  away. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  l6l 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MRS. 

ANN  BATES, 

wife  of  Stephen  Bates  Esq. 
who  died  at  Dunstable  N.  H. 
Nov.  10,  1823, 
aged  22. 

Death  with  his  dart  has  pierced  my  heart, 

When  I  was  in  my  prime  ; 

When  this  you  see  grieve  not  for  me, 
'Twas  God's  appointed  time. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

memory  of 

MRS.  HEPZIBATH  BALL, 
who  died  Nov.  14,  1823  ; 

&-73> 

She  was  many  years  the  wife  of 
Mr.  Benjamin  Jaquith  6-  about          * 
3  months  the  wife  of  Eleazer 
Ball  Esq. 

The  daughter  of  JOSEPH,  Jr.,  and  HANNAH  (BLOOD)  BLOOD, 
born  April  8,  1751. 


1824 

{Willow  Tree.] 

In  memory  of  two 
Daughters  of  Mr.  Luke 

and  Mrs. 

Sarah  farnsworth, 
Susanna  Augusta, 
born  Oct.  29,  1816, 
died  Tan.  12,  1824. 
Mary  born  Oct.  2,  1818, 
died  Jan.  15,  1824. 


162  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\Willmv  Tree.] 
EBENEZER, 

Son  of 

Lieut.  Ebenezer  and 

Mrs.  Susan  D.  Hopkins, 

died  Jan.  14,  1824  ; 

^Et.  5  years. 

\Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  REBEKAH, 

wife  of  Mr,  Jonas  Stone, 

who  died 

Jan.  27,  1824, 

yEt.  82. 


1825 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ABI 

STIMSON 

formerly  wife  of  Copt. 

Jephthah  Richardson 

of  Groton,  since,  wife  of 

Jeremy  Stimson  Esq. 

late  of  Hopkinton  deceased. 

died  May  17,  1825. 

;Et.  68. 
Detraction  !  approach  not  thou  this  Hal- 

\lowed  spot. 

She  was  a  meek,  humble,  professing 

[Christian. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  memory  of 

MRS. 
EUNICE  NUTTING, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Abijah  Nutting, 

who  died 

June  2,  1825  ; 

JEt.  49. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  163 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 

To  the 

memory  of 

MR.  FREDERICK 

AUGUSTUS  RICHARDSON, 

Son  of  Mr.  Alpheus  &• 

Mrs.  Phebe  Richardson, 

who  died  June  4,  1825  ; 

y£t.  19  years. 

As  Jesus  died  and  rose  again, 

Victorious  from  the  dead ; 
So  his  disciples  rise  and  reign, 

With  their  triumphant  head. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

SALMON, 
Son  of  Mr.  Abijah  dr 
Mrs.  Eunice  Nutting, 

who  died 

June  7,  1825, 

JEt.  17. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  (7rn.] 

IN 

memory  of 
MRS.  RUTH  AMES, 

widow  of 
Mr.  Robert  Ames,  J* 

who  died 

July  3,  1825  ; 

JEt.  68. 


1 64  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Urn.  Willow  Tree.  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

two  Daughters  of 

MR.  LUKE  &  MRS. 

SARAH  FARNSWORTH, 

SARAH,  born  Nov.  3,  1822  ; 

died  Sept  6,  1825. 

MARY  SUSANNA 

AUGUSTA,  born  Febr. 

20,    1825; 

died  Sept.  16,  1825. 
[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

.Sacrett 

To  the  memory  of 
MRS.  LYDIA, 

wife  of 
Dea.  Timothy  Stone, 

who  died 
Sept.  24,  1825, 
Mk.  52  years. 

Forgive,  blest  shade,  the  tributary  \tear\, 
That  mourns  thy  exit  from  a  world  like  th" ' 
Forgive  the  wish  that  would  have  kept  thee  here 
And  stayed  thy  progress  to  the  seats  of  bliss. 

{Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
SACRED 

To  the 

memory  of 

Miss  CAROLINE 

Daughter  of  the  late: 

Mr.  Alpheus  and 
Mrs.  Phebe  Richardson 
who  died  Oct.  5,  1825  ; 

J£t.  1 6. 

What  though  once  we  perish1  d  all, 
Partners  of  our  parents  fall ; 
Second  life  we  shall  receive, 
And  in  Christ  forever  live. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  165 

[  Willow  Tree  and  £7r;/.] 

MRS.  PRUDENCE 

•wife  of 
Mr.  Joseph  Abbott, 

died 
Oct.  25,  1825. 

yEt.  47- 

As  I  am  now  so  you  must  be, 
Prepare  for  death  and  follow  me. 


1826 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

In  memory  of 

MRS. 
SARAH  HEM  EN  WAY, 

Widow  of 
Lieut.  Samuel  Hemenway, 

who  died 

April  15,  1826, 

JEt.  71. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  ] 

IN 

Memory  of 

MRS.  MARY, 

wife  of  Mr.  John  Burgess, 

who  died 
April  21,  1826, 

^Et.  55. 

Through  every  scene  of  life  and  death, 
HIS  promise  was  my  trust ; 
And  may  this  be  my  children"1  s  song, 
Now  I  am  in  the  dust. 

Her  maiden  name  was  REED;  she  was  married  August  31,  1803. 


166  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  ] 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  JANE 

wife  of  Lieut  Jonas  Farnsworth, 

who  died 

May  20,  1826 ; 

^Et.  73. 

She  was  an  exemplary  member  of  the  Church 
about  50  years. 

"  Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  thou  shalt 
be  saved" 


[  Will™  Tree.} 

WM.  HENRY, 

Son  of  Mr.  William 

and  Mrs.  Sally  Smart 

died 

Aug.  2,  1826, 
JEt.  1 8  mo. 

Our  little  Son  from  us  is  gone, 
And  why  should  we  his  loss  bemoa^"' 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 
MRS.  PHEBE  SHEPLE 

Wife  of 
Mr.  Wilder  Sheple, 

who  died 

Aug.  27.  1826. 

^t.  62. 

My  Flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground 
Till  the  last  trumpets  sound 
Then  burst  my  chains  with  sweet  surprise 
And  in  my  Saviours  image  rise. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  167 

[Willow  Tree} 

GEORGE  C. 

Son  of  Mr.  Isaac  6- 

Mrs.  Anna  Bullard, 

died  Dec.  24,  1826  ; 

Mt.  4  ys. 

Here  lovely  child  thy  dear  remain 
Enjoy  a  quiet  sweet  repose, 
Whilst  thy  blest  soul  in  angel  strains, 
Chants  for  thy  song  no  mortal  knows. 


1827 

[Willow  Tree.] 

In  memory  of 

MR. 
ZARA  PATCH, 

who  died 

Jan.  9,  1827, 

JEt.  43- 

The  son  of  JACOB  and  MARY  (HAZEN)  PATCH;  he  married 
SUSANNA,  daughter  of  WILLIAM  NUTTING. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MRS.  ANNA 

wife  of 
Mr.  Isaac  Bullard, 

died 
Feb.  22,  1827, 

Mt.  31. 

When  I  lie  buried  deep  in  dust, 
My  flesh  shall  be  thy  care,  — 
My  withering  limbs  with  thee  I  trusf, 
To  raise  them  strong  and  fair. 


1 68  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willffw  Tree  and  Urn.} 
In  memory  of 

MR. 
TIMOTHY  STONE  JR 

who  died 
March  19,  1827, 

JE\..  42. 

EMELY,  Daughter  of 

Timothy  6°  Mary  Stone, 

died  March  13,  1819, 

JEt.  23  months. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 
MR.  JOB  SHATTUCK, 

who  died 

May  4.  1827  : 

J&t.  68. 

The  sou  of  JOB  and  SARAH  (HARTWELL)  SHATTUCK,  born 
December  10,  1758;  he  enlisted  in  the  Continental  Army  in  the 
year  1780. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  Memory  of 
MR.  JOEL  LAWRENCE, 

who  died 

May  26,  1827, 

JEt.  60. 

J3lessed  are  the  dead,  who  die  in 
the  Lord. 

The  son  of  JONATHAN  and  ESTHER  (SHED)  LAWRENCE,  born 
July  21,  1767;  he  married,  first,  RUTH,  daughter  of  JONATHAN 
COLLIER,  of  Groton ;  secondly,  BETSEY  STEDMAN,  and,  thirdly, 
ISABELLA  WILLARD,  of  Langdon,  New  Hampshire. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  169 

[Urn.         Willmv  Tree.         Urn.         Willow  Tree.         Urn.] 

In  Memory  of 
MR.  JOSHUA  DAVIS. 

who  died 

July  5,  1827  ;  Mt.  79. 
ALSO  MRS.  SIBEL, 

his  wife 

died  Jan.  12,  1799;  ^Et.  25. 
AND  MRS.  BETSY 

his  wife 

sister  of  his  former  wife 
died  Aug.  27,  1818 ;  J£.t.  42. 
Thrice  happy  shades  now  freed  from  cares 
Our  mortal  frames  at  rest; 
Secure  from  pain  and  grief  and  fears, 
With  kindred  souls  we  are  blest. 


1828 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  ] 

SACRED 
to  the  memory  of 

CAP. 
NATHAN  BROWN, 

who  died 
Jan.  9,  1828, 
JEt.  83  ys.  &  8  ms. 
"  All  the  days  of  my  appointed 
time  did  I  wait,  till  my  change 
came.  „ 

[Willow  Tree.] 

MOSES  A 

Son  of  Mr.  Moses  &• 

Mrs.  Keziah  Gill, 

died  Feb.  28,  1828  : 

^Et.  7.  weeks. 

Farewell  sweet  babe  we  part  in  pain, 
No  more  on  earth  to  meet  again  ; 
We  soon  shall  meet  on  that  blest  shore, 
Where  parting  hours  are  known  no  more. 


170  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[Urn.  Willow  Tree.  Urtt.} 

LYMAN    FLETCHER 

died  Oct.  24,  1828, 

Aged  55. 

ABIGAIL, 

wife  of  Lyman  Fletcher 

died  Nov.  2,  1849, 

Aged  69. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 
JAMES  LEWIS  ESQ. 

who  died 

Dec.  24,  1828, 

M\..  67. 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  REBECCA  (BROWN)  LEWIS,  born  January 
26,  1761,  at  Billerica ;  he  married,  December  19,  1782,  LUCY 
CROSBY,  and  removed,  May  24,  1796,  to  Groton,  where  he  lived 
with  his  father. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  LUCY, 

wife  of  James  Lewis  Esq. 

who  died 

Dec.  30,  1828, 

^t.  63. 

The  daughter  of  HEZEKIAH  CROSBY,  of  Billerica;  she  was  born 
November  10,  1765. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  171 


[Urn.  Willow  Tree.  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MR.  SALMON 

LAWRENCE  JR. 

who  died 

Jan.  17.  1829. 

^Et.  40  yrs, 

Also 

MRS.  SALLY 

his  wife  died 

March  23.  1818. 

JEt.  30  yrs. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

Memory  of 
MR.  JOHN  SURGES, 

who  died 
March  19,  1829, 

ALL  77- 

Farewell  dear  friends,  and  children  too, 
For  Christ  has  calUd  me  home  ; 
In  a  short  time  he'll  call  for  you, 
Prepare  yourselves  to  come. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MR.  * 

BRADLEY  HOPKINS, 

who  died 
June  24,  1829 ; 

ALL  27. 

Consoling  thought !  dear  parent  dry  your  tears, 
Your  son  has  gone  beyond  your  anxious  fears  ; 
Weep  not  for  him,  his  tears  are  wip'  d  away, 
He's  paid  that  debt,  we  all  must  shortly  pay. 


1829 


172  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willmo  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

Memory  of 

MRS.  HANNAH, 

wife  of  Mr.  John  Tarbell, 

who  died  Aug.  6,  1829, 

JEt.  93  years  & 

8  months. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 

Memory  of 

MR 
SALMON  LAWRENCE, 

who  died 
Sep.  23,  1829, 
64. 


[  Will™  Tree  and  Urn.] 

IN 

Memory  of 

MRS.  MARY, 

wife  of  Mr.  Richard  Sawtell 

who  died 

Sept.  26,  1829, 

^Et.  79. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  173 


NOAH  SHATTUCK'S 

Tomb  Erected  1830. 

A  naritive  of 'HIS progenitors 

who  hath  lived  and  died  in  Groton. 

HIS,  Gt  grand  Fa.  WM.  SHATTUCK, 

from  Europe  as  early  as  1689  :  D.  1730. 

HIS,  grandpa.  WM.  SHATTUCK  2cl. 

born  1692  :  D.  1758. 

MARGARET,  his  wife,  m'dn  n'm  Lunn,  D.  1764. 

HIS,  Fa.  JOB  SHATTUCK,  5^  Son  0/WM. 

SHATTUCK  2d.  born  1736:  D.  1819. 

SARAH,  his  wife,  ma'dn  n'm  ffartwell, 

born  1 738  :  D.  1 798. 

NOAH    SHATTTUCK   DIED 

Sept.  28,  1858.  Aged&6y'rs. 

ANNA,  his  wife  ,  died 
April  15,  1863.  Aged&$y'rs. 


\Will<rw  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  LUCY, 

wife  of  Mr.  Asa  Lawrence, 

who  died 

June  19,  1830 : 

Mi.  49. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

IN 
Memory  of 

MRS.  SARAH, 

widow  of  Mr.  Abel  Bancroft, 

who  died 
July  8,  1830. 

Mi.  77. 


I830 


174  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR.  GEORGE  W. 

son  of  Doct.  Samuel  If emenway 

who  died 
Sept.  5,  1830; 

JEt.  23. 
Be  honest,  be  just,  and  fear  not. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Miss  MARY  ANN 

Daughter  of  Mr. 

Joseph  6*  Mrs. 

Prudence  Abbott, 

died  Oct.  10, 

1830.  yEt.  18. 

Farewell  dear  brothers  young  and  old 

farewell  dear  sisters  too, 
My  cheeks  are  pale  my  hands  are  cold, 
And  I  must  bid  you  all  adieu. 


1831 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

IN 
Memory  of 

LT. 
PELATIAH  RUSSELL, 

who  died 

Jan.  21,  1831, 

JEt.  77. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

In  memory  of 
CAPT.  THOMAS 
FARNESWORTH 

who  died 

May  i,  1831. 

^Et.  43- 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  175 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

BENJAMIN  W.  RICHARDSON, 

who  died 
Sept.  ig,  1831. 
j£t.  1 1  ys.  &  8  ds. 
This  lovely  bud,  so  young  and  fair. 
CaWd  hence  by  early  doom  ; 
Just  come  to  show,  how  sweet  a  flower 
In  Paradise  could  bloom. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 
In  memory  of 
MRS.  RUTH, 

wife  of 

Lieut.  Elnathan  Sawtell, 

who  died  Dec.  16, 

1831,  J£t.  68  ys. 

&  6  ms. 

Sudden  she  was  calfd  to  go, 
And  bid  adieu  to  all  below ; 
Sudden  the  vital  spirit  fled, 
And  she  was  numbered  with  the  dead. 


[  Willmu  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

In  memory  of 
WILLIAM  NUTTING  ESQ 

who  died 
April  1 8,  1832. 

y£t  80. 

Ye  fields  that  witnesed  once  his  tears, 
Ye  winds  that  wafted  oft  his  praise  ; 
That  river  where  he  breathed  his  prayers, 
No  more  shall  hear  his  cheerful  lays, 
Through  Christ  his  sins  are  all  forgiven, 
His  praises  now  are  sung  in  heaven. 


1832 


176  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn} 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  SALLY, 

wife  of  Mr.  Aaron  Lewis, 

who  died 

April  19,  1832. 

JEt.  43- 

The  daughter  of  OLIVER  and  ABIGAIL  SPAULDING,  born  October 
25,  1792. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

Miss  SARAH  Y. 

daughter  of  Mr.  Joel  6° 

Mrs.  Betsy  Davis,  who 

died  May  27,  1832, 

yEt.  20. 

Death  with  his  dart  has  pierc'd  my  heart, 
When  I  was  in  my  prime  ; 
When  this  you  see  grieve  not  for  me, 
'  T  was  God's  appointed  time. 


{Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  Urn  and  Willono  Tree.} 

MR.  WILLIAM 
BANCROFT 

died 
May  28,  1832, 

vEt.  76. 

MRS.  AGNESS, 

his  wife,  died 

July  30,  1832, 

JEt.  76. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  177 

[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

CAPT. 
AARON  BROWN, 

who  died 
Aug.  19,  1832. 

^Et.  44. 

Friends  nor  physicians  could  not  save 
This  mortal  Body  from  thee  grave. 

The  son  of  NATHAN  and  SARAH  (SOMES)  BROWN,  born 
September  21,  1788,  at  Wenham ;  married,  June  6,  1811,  SARAH 
PIERCE,  of  Groton. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MR. 
LUTHER   BLOOD, 

who  died 

Sept.  8,  1832, 

JEt.  47- 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 
MRS.  MIMA, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Levi  Burgess, 

who  died 

Dec.  22,  1832  ; 

-«t  55- 


178  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1833 


[  Willcm>  Tree  and  Urn.] 

DOCTOR 

BENJAMIN 

MORSE, 
died  May  21,  1833, 

JEt-  93- 
MRS.  MARY 
his  wife,  died 
Dec  16.  1835. 

vEt.  94. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 
MRS.  MILLY, 
wife  of  Capt.  Thomas  Blood, 

who  died 
June  4,  1833, 

JEt.  54. 

Farewell  dear  partner  children  all, 
I  now  must  go  my  Jesus  calls  ; 
With  patience  wait  prepared  be, 
In  a  short  time  you' I  follow  me. 


[Willcnv  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

CAPT.  SAMSON 

FARNSWORTH. 

who  died 
July  i.  1833. 

JEt.  88. 

No  age  from  death  can  fly, 
No  friends  but  what  must  part; 
Death  will  dissolve  the  tenderest  tie, 
Thafs  formed  within  the  heart. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  179 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn\ 

SAMUEL  P. 

Son  of  Mr. 

Reuben  6°  Mrs. 

Mary  Hartwell, 

died  Sep.  18, 

1833.  JEt.  3  ys. 

7  ms.  &  3  ds. 

Wean  us  O  Lord  from  things  below, 
And  raise  our  minds  above  ; 
Thy  heavenly  treasures  to  us  show, 
And  Jill  us  with  thy  love. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR. 
ARTEMAS   HEMENWAY, 

who  died 

Oct.  5,  1833, 

^Et.  37. 

/ 
[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR. 

BENJAMIN   F. 
SAWTELL, 

who  died 
Nov.  2,  1833; 

-**.  33. 

Dear  companion,  thou  hast  left  us, 
And  thy  loss  we  deeply  feel ;    . 
But  "'tis  God  that  hath  bereft  us, 
He  can  all  our  sorrows  heal. 

FREDERICK  ALONZO 

SIMONDS, 

Son  of 

Hiram  &  Mary  Gale, 
died  Nov.  23,  1833  ; 

Aged  9  months. 

This  lovely  plant  so  young  Sr"  fair 
Call'd  hence  by  early  dootn 
yust  come  to  show  *%"  sweet  a  flower 
In  Paradise  would  bloom. 


l8o  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1834 


[North  Side.]  [A   MONUMENT.] 

Man  lives  his  little  hour  and 
Falls,  too  oft  unheeded  down. 

SACRED 

to  the  Memory  of 

CAPT.  ABRAM  CHILD 

who  was  born  at  Waltham,  1741,  and  died 

at  Groton,  Jan.  3,  1834,  Aged  93  yrs. 

He  entered  the  army  in  the 

French  War,  at  the  age  of  17  yrs. 

Was  with  Gen.  Amherst  at  the  capture  of 

Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point,  in  1759. 

He  was  a  Lieutenant  among  the 

Minute  Men,  and  aided  in  the  Concord  Fight, 

and  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  in  1775. 

Joining  Washington, 

he  was  one  of  the  Immortal  Band 

which  crossed  the  Delaware,  Dec.  25,  1776, 

and  turned  the  tide  of  war,  in  the  Victories 

of  Trenton,  and  Princeton. 

Detached  to  the  North, 

he.  fought  in  the  two  Battles  of  Stillwater, 

and  witnessed  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  in  1777. 

Rejoining  Washington, 

he  bore  equally  the  Frosts  of  Valley  Forge, 

and  the  Heats  of  Monmouth,  in  1778. 

Detailed  with  Gen.  Wayne, 

he  crowned  his  Military  career, 

by  heading  the  Infantry  as  oldest  Captain 

in  the  gallant  capture  of  Stoney  Point,  in  1779, 

where  he  received  the  only  wound  that 

marked  his  eventful  services. 

REBECCA   STOWELL, 

his  wife  died  Nov.j83o,  Mt.  84. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  l8l 


[South  Side.] 

SACRED 
to  the  Memories  of 

JOSHUA  BENTLEY 

of  Boston,  who  died  at  Groton,  Apr.  15,  1819, 

JE.  95  yrs. 
And  of  his  wife 

ELIZABETH   PAINE, 

who  died  at  Boston,  Oct.  1804,  JE.  66. 
Also  in  Memory  of 

DAVID   CHILD 

who  died  Oct.  1838,  JE.  71. 
And  of  his  wife 

Mrs.  SUSANNA  WOOLLEY, 

who  died  July  26,  1851,  JE.  77. 
And  of  their  Daughter 

MARY    PAINE  CHILD, 

who  died  Aug.  29,  1825,  JE.  iS. 
Also  in  Memory  of 

WILLIAM   CHILD 

who  died  June  17,  1844,  JE.  73. 

And  of  his  wives 

REBECCA  CLARK, 

who  died  Mar.  24,  1820,  JE.  52. 

DORCAS   THORNING, 

died  Sept.  12,  1870, 

JE.  78. 


[East  Side.] 

Mrs.  Nancy 

Tuttle, 
died  Mar. 

3>  J873» 
JE.  78  yrs. 


182  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

MRS. 
PHEBE  CROUCH 

died 

Feb.  7,  1834, 
Aged  i\yrs. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

In  memory  of 

MRS.  ANNA, 

wife  of  Mr.  Samuel  Rockwood 

who  died 
May  3,  1834. 

JEt.  54. 

The  daughter  of  ABNER  and  ABIGAIL  HOUGHTON  ;  she  was 
born  April  4,  1781,  at  Winchester,  New  Hampshire. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  memory  of 

MR. 
WILLIAM   BURGES, 

who  died 
June  n,  1834, 

Mt.  38. 

Farewell  my  Partner,  Children  dear  ; 
Weep  not  for  me,  dry  up  your  tears  ; 
And  when  the  last  loud  trump  shall  sound, 
I  hope  in  Christ  we  shall  be  found. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn} 
In  memory  of 
MRS.  MARY, 

wife  of 
William  Nutting  Esq. 

who  died 
June  16,  1834: 

Mt.  76. 

Calm  was  her  life, 
and  her  end  was  peace. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  183 

\Um.        Willow  Tree.        Urn.} 
MR. 

u 

JOHN  LAWRENCE,  a 

died 

July  9,  1834, 
Mt.  59. 

MRS.    MARGARET, 

his  wife, 

died 

May  20,  1845, 
JEt.  67. 


\Urn.         Willow  Tree.         Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR. 

JEDUTHUN  STANLEY, 
who  died  Aug :  18, 

1834,  JEi.  86. 

Also  MRS.  DORCAS, 

his  wife,  died 

April  29,  1834, 

JEt.  87. 

Sleep  on  dear  parents,  thy  rest  is  sweet, 
Thy  pain  is  o'er,  thy  bliss  complete  ; 
Each  soul  is  washed  in  Jesus'  blood, 
Shall  dwell  forever  with  their  God. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR.  JOHN 

JOHNSON, 

who  died 

Aug.  21,  1834, 

JEt.  72. 


184  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

REBECCA, 

Wife  of 

JOHN  BOIT,  died 
Aug.  23,  1834, 

Mt.  52. 

William  Son  of  John 
6*  Rebecca  JSoit, 
died  Dec.  12,  1844, 
JEt.  25  yrs. 

Though  loved,  and  lost,  to  weep  were  vain, 
for  thee  who  nier  shall  weep  again. 

L.  Parker  [fecit.} 


[Willow  Tree.} 

BENJAMIN  S. 

son  of  Solomon  6- 

Dorcas  Frost, 

died 

Sept.  5,  1834. 
4  weeks. 


[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MR. 
JEREMIAH  HEMENWAY, 

who  died 

Nov.  1 6,  1834, 

JEL  52. 


THE  SHEPLE  MONUMENT. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  185 

1835 

[West  Side.} 

[Urn.]  [A    MONUMENT.] 

ERECTED.  In  memory  of 
Mr.  Oliver  Sheple  Jr.  Printer,  who 
departed  this  life  Feb.  4,  1835.  in  the  city  of  Boston 
dE?  25  ys.  5  mo.  &>  3  days,  he  had  Just  Commenced 
publishing  in  Boston  a  religious  newspaper  (the  Christian 
witness)    When  it  pleased  God  in  his  wise  Providence 
to  take  him  from  us,  he  was  born  in  west  Florida 
now  the  State  of  Mississippi,  Sept.  \,  A.  D.  1809.  he 
left  there  and  came  to  Groton,  A.  D.  1815.  Pans  you- 
ng men  and  Reflect,  here  rests  the  body  of  a  youn- 
g  man  cut  off  in  the  morning  of  life  whose  prosp- 
ects was  good.  Surrounded  by  friends,  and  belo- 
ved and  esteemed  for  his  high  sence  of  honour 
and  rectitude  in  all  his  dealings  with  his  fel- 
low men,  his  gentle,  manly  deportment  and 
urbanity,  of  manners  endeared  him  to  all  who 
knew  him;  he  was  a  lover  and  follower  of  the 
Saviour  of  the  world  and  he  died  calling 
upon  the  name  of  the  Lord,  he  has  left  a  fond 
Father  and  brother  to  lament  his  early 
departure  and  much  occasion  have  they 
to  mourn  the  loss. 

[South  Side.] 

SACRED 

To  the  Memory  of 

Mrs.  Hannah,  wife  of  David  Phelps  M  D 
of  Connecticut  who  died  June  i,  1833 
aet.  72.  CN  whose  body  lies  on  this  side  of 
this  Monument,  she  was  mother  in  law  to 
Oliver  Sheple  Esq.  6-»  grandmother  to  Oli- 
ver Sheple  Jr.  6°  Franklin  <5r  Washington 
Sheple,  A.D.  1810,  her  Father  Mr.  Itha- 
mar  Andrews  .  died  in  west  Florida 
now  the  State  of  Mississippi,  aet.  84,  in 
the  same  place,  A.  D.  1811,  her  mother 
Mrs.  Hannah  Andrews,  died  aet.  72. 
A.D.  1812,  her  dau*.  Rossalixde  Phelps. 
died  aet.  26.  who  are  buried  in  said  State. 


1 86  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[North  Side.} 
Built  by  J.  Fitch,  Groton  1835. 

SACRED 

To  the  memory  of 
Mrs.  Atalanta,  Consort  of 
Oliver  Sheple  Esq.  who  departed  this 
life  and  is  buried  in  west  Florida  now  the 
State  of  Mississippi,  Sept.  20,  1814.  act.  22..  ys 
7  ms.  6°  1 6  days,  and  also  in  said  place 
Franklin  Sheple,  son  of  said  Oliver  and 
Atalanta  his  wife,  died  July  30,  1814,  aet.  3  ys. 
4  mo.  S*  10  days. 

[East  Side.] 
Genealogy  of  the  Sheples  from  1630  to  1835 

205  years. 

Genealogy  of  the  Sheple  or  Shepley*.  John  Sheple, 
Settled  in  Salem  Mass.  A.D.  1630.^.  D.  1660.   One 
of  the  family  Settled  in  Groton.  A.D.  1676.  the  Indi- 
ans massacred  all  the  Sheples  in  Groton  save  a  John 
Sheple  1 6  years  old  who  the  carried  captive  to  Can- 
ada and  kept  him  4  years,  after  which  he  return- 
ed to  Groton  and  from  him  descended  all  the  Sh- 
eples or  Shepleys  in  this  Vicinity,  said  Capt. 
John  Sheple  married  Lydia  Lakin,  and  he 
had  by  her.  4  sons  &>  i  dau1  his  son  Joseph  Shep- 
le Esq.  married  Eunice  Parker,  and  he  had  by 
her  4  sons  6*  3  dau{  She  died  aug.  1767.  aet. 
42  ys.  He  died  Oct.  16.  1795.  aet.  74.  years.  Mr 
Wilder  Sheple,  son  of  Joseph,  married  Phebe 
Fletcher,  and  had  by  her  4  sons  &  i  dait  he 
died  apr.  2,  1814  aet.  60.  she  died  aug.  27,  1826. 
aet.  62.   Oliver  Sheple  Esq.  son  of  Wilder,  was  born  aug. 
7,  1786.  and  married nov.  24,  A.D.  1808.  to  Atalanta 
Phelps,  dau*  of  Doct.  David  Phelps  Connec*  she  was  bo 
rn  Feb.  4,  1792.  and  he  had  by  her  3  sons  viz  Oliver 
Franklin  &•  Washington,  She  died  Sept.  20,  1814.  a£ 
22  ys.  7  ms.  6*  16  ds.  Oliver  Sheple  Jr.  born  Sept.  \,  1809 
died  Feb.  4,  A).  1835.  ae^-  25  ?*•  5  ms-  &  3  ^s'  Franklin  She- 
ple born  march  20  A).  1811,  died  July  30,  1814.  aet.  3  ys. 
4  ms.  6*  10  ds.  Washington  Sheple,  born  Sept.  9,  1813. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  187 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
MRS.  LUCY, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Asa  Lewis, 

DIED 
Sept.  29,  1835, 

m.  58. 

Our  life  how  short  !  again  a  sigh ; 

We  live  and  then  begin  to  die  : 
But  oh  !  how  great  a  mercy  this, 

That  death's  a  portal  into  bliss  ! 

My  soul!  death  swallows  up  thy  fears, 

My  grave  clothes  wipe  away  all  tears  ; 

Why  should  we  fear  this  parting  pain, 

Who  die,  that  we  may  live  again. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
LEVI    HENRY, 

Son  of 

Robert  6°  Deborah 
MELLEN,  died 
Sep.  29,  1835, 
^Et.  20  mons. 

0  yes  dear  child  I  fondly  lov'd  the, 
And  on  the,  will  my  memory  dwell ; 
Shall  I  never  more  behold  the, 
Must  I,  Oh  !  must  I  say  farewell. 

{Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
In  memory  of 

CAPT. 
THOMAS  BLOOD, 

who  died 
Oct.  13,  1835  ; 

m.  59. 

Canst  thou  by  faith,  survey  with  joy  ; 

The  change  before  it  comes  ? 

And  say,  "  let  death  this  house  destroy, 

1  have  a  heavenly  home." 


1 88  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

{Monument.         Willow  Tree  and  Urn.        Monument. 
LYDIA, 

Wife  of 

NATHAN    AMES, 

DIED 
Oct.  21,   1835, 

ALt.  71 


SALLY 

wife  of 
Luther  Hartwell, 

died 

Oct.  21,  1835, 
JE.  42. 


1836 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  memory  of 

MRS.  MARY. 

wife  of 
Mr.  John  Shepley 

who  died 

April  27,  1836  ; 

JEt.  88. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  memory  of 
MRS.  SUSA, 

wife  of 
Mr.  John  Johnson, 

who  died 

Aug.  12,  1836, 

JEt.  69. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  189 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
In  memory  of 

LIEUT. 
ELNATHA^J  SAWTELL, 

who  died 

Aug.  31,  1836, 

JEt.  83. 

Dry  up  your  tears  surviving  friends  y 
Weep  not  for  me  but  for  your  sins  ; 
Die  to  the  world  live  unto  God, 
The  grave  will  soon  be  your  abode. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

SACRED 
to  the  memory  of 

CAPT. 
STEPHEN    SHEPLEY, 

Oct.  17,  1836, 
Aged  45. 

He  married,  April  9,  1818,  AMELIA  SHATTUCK. 


LUTHER    DAVIS 
DIED 

DEC.  24,  1836 ; 

AGED  42. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

In  memory  of 

MR.  LEVI 

BURGESS, 

who  died 

Feb.  24,  1837  ; 

VEt.  61. 


1837 


1 90  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

MR. 
JAMES  SHEPLE, 

who  died 

Feb.  25,  1837, 

vEt.  86. 

Verses  on  tomb  stones  are  but  idly  spent 
The  character  is  the  best  monument. 


Tree  and  Urn.} 
CHARLES    HENRY, 

Son  of  Henry  and 

Nancy  Kimball, 

died  March  21,  1837. 

JEt.  4  ys.  &  6  ms. 

This  lovely  bud,  so  young  and  fair, 
Called  hence  by  early  doom, 
Jitst  come  to  see  how  sweet  a  flower, 
In  Paradise  would  bloom. 


[  Willffw  Tree  and  Urn.} 

SARAH 

wife  of 
Amos  Bancroft  M.  D. 

died 

April  30,  1837, 
&\..  69. 


The  daughter  of  HENRY  and  FAITH  (SAVAGE)  BASS,  of  Boston. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  191 

{Willow  Tree.} 

SARAH  FRANCES 

daughter  of  David  &• 

Sarah  G.  Colburn, 

died 

June  27,  1837  ; 
JEt.  9  vs.  3  ms. 

&  13  ds. 

Friends  nor  Physicians  could  not  save, 
This  little  body  from  the  grave; 
Nor  can  the  grave  confine  it  here, 
When  Christ  does  call  it  to  appear. 

\Willow  Tree.] 
MARY    ABBY, 

daughter  of  Henry 
and  Abigail  Hill, 

died 

Aug.  21,  1837, 
^Et.  i  yr.  &  4  ms. 

[hers, 

Rest,  sweet  babe,  in  gentle  slum 
Till  the  resurrection  morn  ; 
Then  arise  to  join  the  numbers, 
Who  its  triumphs  shall  adorn. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 

Miss  PHEBE  ANN 

RICHARDSON, 

who  died 

Oct.  5,  1837 ; 

J£.\..  26. 

'Tts  religion  that  can  give 
Sweetest  pleasure  while  we  live , 
'  Tis  religion  must  supply 
Solid  comfort  when  we  die. 


192  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1838 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
WILLIAM    H. 

died 

Mar.  17,  1838, 
JEt.  8  ms.  &  8  ds. 

JOSEPH    W. 

died 

Feb.  27,  1844, 

JEt.  22  months. 

Sons  of  George  dv 

Jerusha  Hunt. 

\er 

These  buds  of  promise  left  earth*  s  fading  flow 
That  they  might  beautify  celestial  bowers, 
At  heaven's  glorious  gate  they've  entered  in, 
Unmarked  by  sorrow  or  unstained  by  sin. 

J.  Park  [fecit.] 


ffio  Tree.} 
LAURA   JANE, 

daughter  of  Moses 
and  Keziah  Gill, 

died  June  15, 
1838,  JEt.  18  ms. 

Ere  sin  could  bligh\  or  sorrow  fade, 
Death  came  with  friendly  care  ; 
Our  little  babe  to  Heaven  conveyed, 
And  bade  it  dwell  forever  there. 


[  Willtrw  Tree  and  Urn.} 
MOSES    DAY  JR. 

died 

July  30,  1838 
JEt.  37- 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  193 


1839 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
ELIZABETH, 

daughter  of  Aaron 
and  Emely  Pressey, 

died  Feb.  12, 

1839.  -^t-  3  ms< 

&  21  ds. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

WILLIAM  W. 
Son  of  Warner  S. 
6°  Maty  F.  Lund, 

died 

March  2,  1839 
.  3  ms.  6°  12  ds. 


{Monument.  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  Monument.] 

DEA. 
TIMOTHY   STONE, 

died 
March  10,  1839, 

Mt.  68. 
If  a  man  die,  shall  he  live  again  ? 


1840 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Miss 

SARAH    S. 

daughter  of 

Capt.  Aaron  dr» 

Mrs.  Sarah  Brown, 

died 

April  23,  1840, 
y£t.  24. 


194  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Wllmi)  Tree  and  Urn.} 
MRS.  DORCAS, 

wife  of  Capt. 
Ebenezer  Hopkins, 

died 

Sept.  23,  1840, 
JEt.  66. 

[Urn  and  Will™  Tree.} 
In  memory  of 

SIMEON   NUTTING, 

who  died 

Oct.  10,  1840. 

Aged  39. 


1841 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Monument.} 

MILEY,  Wife  of 

Abraham  SIMONDS, 

Died  Feb.  9,  1841, 

Aged  59. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
MARY   ANN, 

Daughter  of  Amos 
and  Sarah  Bancroft, 

died 

Feb.  26,  1841, 
JEt.  31. 

[Monument.         Willow  Tree.        Monument.} 

SARAH, 

wife  of 

Reuben  Wyman, 

Died 

Mar.  29,  1841, 
JEt.  44. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  195 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MR.  ABIJAH 
BENNETT, 

died 

July  24,  1841, 
^Et.  55- 

Still  he  lives  !  His  form,  though  perished 

Lives  within  : 
There,  his  memory  fondly  cherished 

E'er  hath  been. 


MRS.    SARAH, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Shadrach  Bardeen, 

Died 

Oct.  18,  1841, 
^Et.  58. 


Her  maiden  name  was  NUTTING. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

In  memory  of 
MRS.  SARAH  J. 

wife  of  Mr. 
Daniel  P.  Jewett, 

who  died 

Oct.  20,  1841, 

Mi.  23. 


196  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1842 

\Willffw  Tree  and  Urn.} 

MRS.  SARAH, 

wife  of  Mr. 
Thomas  J?.  Pierce, 

died 
March  7,  1842, 

^t.  42. 

Died  happy,  and  gone 
to  rest. 

The  daughter  of  JOHN  and  MARY  (SHEDD)  BURGESS,  born 
December,  28,  1799.  Her  husband,  THOMAS  RAINSFORD,  was  the 
son  of  ELIJAH  and  REBECCA  (RAINSFORD)  PIERCE,  born  April  9, 
1799  ;  they  were  married  April  i,  1824.  ELIJAH  was  the  son  of 
SAMUEL  and  LUCY  (WALLINGSFORD)  PIERCE. 


[  Willffw  Tree  and  Urn} 

MR. 
JOSEPH  SAWTELL 

died 
March  21,  1842, 

^Et.  78. 

Behold  and  see,  as  you  pass  by, 
As  you  are  now,  so  once  was  I ; 
As  I  am  now,  so  you  must  be, 
Prepare  for  death  and  follow  me. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn} 
GEORGE   W. 

Son  of  Levi  6- 
Mima  Burgess, 

DIED 

Oct.  23,  1842, 

^Et.  20 

Prepare  to  meet  thy  God. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  197 

PHINEAS    NUTTING 

DIED 

Nov.  27,  1842, 
Aged  73. 


[Willow  Tree.} 

JAMES 
DEMMORE, 

eldest  Child  of 

James  &> 
Nancy  Johnson, 

died 

Nov.  28,  1842, 
JEt.  7  weeks. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MR. 
ROBERT  DOLDT, 

died 

Dec.  4,  1842, 
JEL  42. 


1843 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MRS.  BETSY, 

wife  of 

Mr.  Joel  Davis, 
died  Jan.  26,  1843. 

JB&& 

Return  ! 

Suppress  the  mournful  sigh, 
For  she  is  happy,  no  more  to  die. 


198  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MR.  SOLOMON 
FROST, 

died 

March  10,  1843, 
^Et.  46. 


MR.  JOSEPH  D. 
NUTTING, 

DIED 

March  28,  1843  ; 
JEt.  56. 

"  Happy  as  mortal  can  be, 
because  I  have  trusted  in  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  for  pardon  and 
salvation" 


[  WUlmv  Tree  and  Urn.] 
MRS.   LUCY, 

wife  of  Mr. 
Samuel  Rockwood, 

died 

April  15,  1843, 
^Et.  54. 

The  daughter  of  WILLIAM  and  REBECCA  (BALL)  WESTON,  of 
Townsend,  born  March  n,  1789. 


LEONARD   FARR, 

DIED 

June  27,  1843, 

^Et.  64. 

PERSIS, 

his  wife 

died  Sept.  27,  1857, 
JEA..  77  y'rs  5  mo's. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  199 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

MRS.  HARRIET 

AUGUSTA, 

wife  of  Mr, 

Henry  K.  Kemp, 

who  died 

Aug.  17,  1843, 

JEt.  25. 

My  flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground, 
Till  the  last  trumpets  joyful  sound ; 
Then  burst  the  chains  with  sweet  surprise 
And  in  my  Saviour's  image  rise. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Frances  Loriett^ 

Daughter  of 

Milo  and 
Elizabeth  P.  Russell. 

died 

Oct.  13,  1843, 
dEt.  3  months. 

Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto 
me,  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  hea 


MR 
SHADRACH  BARDEEN 

DIED 

Dec.  i,  1843, 
Mt.  65. 


200  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1844 


RACHEL, 

wife  of 
James  McLain, 

DIED 

Jan.  2,  1844. 
.-fit  S3- 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MRS.  HANNAH, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Elisha  Young, 

died 

Jan.  2,  1844, 
Mt.  81. 

They  die  in  Jesus  and  are  blest : 
How  kind  their  slumbers  are: 
From  sufferings  and  from  sins  released, 
And  freed  from  every  snare." 


(Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ABRAHAM 
SIMONDS, 

died 

March  13,  1844, 
yEt.  66  yrs. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  2OI 

[Urn.         Willow  Tree.         Urn.] 

MR. 
JAMES   MOORS 

DIED 
March  26,  1844, 

JEt.  34. 

MRS.  MARY  H. 
wife  of  Mr. 
James  Moors, 

DIED 

March  22,  1847 
Mt.  32. 

The  victory  now  is  obtained; 
They  are  gone  their  dear  Savior  to  see; 
Their  wishes  they  fully  have  gained, 
2"hey  are  now  where  they  longed  to  be. 

MRS.  LUCINDA, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Joseph  D.  Nutting, 

DIED 

April  i,  1844; 

-<Et.  57- 

In  life,  humble  and  devoted, 
In  death,  quiet  and  resigned, 
trusting  in  her  Savior. 

The    daughter    of    JONATHAN    and    HANNAH    KEEP,   born 
September   14,    1787. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Elizabeth 

Josephine, 

Daughter  of 

Phinehas  6" 

Rachel  Parker, 

died  ; 

July  15,  1844, 
t.  2  ys.  6-7  ms. 


202  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


\Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
SAMUEL   W.    WILSON 

drowned 

July  22,  1844, 

Aged  28  years 

and  6  months. 

Son  of  Samuel  6*  Lucy 

Wilson,  of  Nelson,  N.  If. 

Death  stalks  abroad  in  varied  shape, 
H 7s  fatal  hand  can  none  escape. 

» 
He  worked  for  Major  AMOS  FARNSWORTH,  and  was  drowned 

while  fording  the  Nashua  River  with  a  load  of  hay. 


\Willaw  Tree  and  Urn} 

MRS.  AMELIA, 

wife  of  Capt. 
Stephen  Shepley, 

died 

Aug.  20,  1844. 
JEt.  52. 

Her  maiden  name  was  SHATTUCK;  she  was  married  April  9,  1818. 


{Willow  Tree  and  Urn} 
BENJAMIN    T. 

Son  of 

William  F.  and 
Caroline  Hewes, 

DIED 

AUG.  29,  1844, 
JET.  I  YEAR 

4  MS.  &  25  DS. 
J.  Park  [fecit.}. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  2O' 


[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.] 
MISS   ALMIRA 

Daughter  of 
William  and 
Polly  Kemp, 

DIED 

OCT.  10.   1844, 
JEt.  31. 

Blessed  are  the  dead,  who  die  in  the  Lord. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MRS.  RUTH, 

wife  of 
Oliver  Blood, 

DIED 
Dec.  2,  1844, 

JEt.  70. 


1845 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MRS.  ABIGAIL  T. 

wife  of 
George  W.  Weston, 

DIED 

Feb.  7,  1845, 
JEt.  40. 

The  months  of  affliction  are  o'er, 
The  days  and  the  nights  of  distress  ; 
We  see  her  in  anguish  no  more  — 
She  has  found  a  happy  release. 

The  daughter  of  DAVID  and (TRULL)  WILKINS,  of  Amherst, 

New  Hampshire. 


204  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
MARTHA, 

dau.  of 

John  A.  and 

Susan  M.  Hunt 

died 

Sept.  7,  1845, 
JEt.  4  weeks. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

MARY 
ELIZABETH, 

Daughter  of 

Milo  and 
Elizabeth  Russell, 

died 

Oct.  5,  1845, 
^Et.  17  ys  &  2  ms. 

Blessed  are  the  dead, 
•who  die  in  the  Lord. 

J.  Park  [fecit]. 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
JOSIAH   F. 

Son  of  George  6* 
Sarah  Richardson, 

died 

Oct.  15,  1845, 
^Et  5  months. 

Softly,  peacefull, 
Lay  him  to  rest ; 
Place  the  turf  lightly 
O'er  his  young  breast. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  205 

\Willmo  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MISS  LUCY 

LAWRENCE 

DIED 

Dec.  12,  1845, 
JEt.  49. 


ABEL  DAVIS 

Born 
June  30,  1768; 

Died 
Jan.  30,  1846 

OLIVE 

Relict  of  Abel  Davis 
Born  Jan.  15,  1766  ; 
Died  May  17,  1862; 

\Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
CASINDANA  S. 

Daughter  of 

Daniel  N.  and 

Sophia  Bardeen. 

DIED 

Feb.  26,  1846, 

Aged  13  ys.  4  ms. 

and  21  days. 

MR. 
WILLIAM  D.  NUTTING 

DIED 

March  19,  1846, 
^Et.  26  yrs. 

Husband,  thou  art  gone  to  rest ; 

And  this  shall  be  my  prayer  : 
That  when  I  reach  my  journeys  end ; 

Thy  glory  I  may  share. 


1846 


206  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

\Willffw  Tree  and  Urn.} 

MR. 

ASA  LEWIS 
DIED 

June  10,  1846, 
ML  68. 

Our  labours  done,  securely  laid 

In  this  our  last  retreat, 

Unheeded  o'er  our  silent  dust 

The  storms  of  life  shall  beat. 

The  pains  of  death  are  past ; 

Labour  and  sorrow  cease  ; 

And  life's  long  warfare  closed  at  last 

His  soul  is  found  in  peace. 


[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Miss 
MAHALA  HUNT 

DIED 

July  n,  1846, 
JEt.  45. 

For  death  to  her  spirit  was  gain 
Since  Christ  was  her  life  when  below. 


[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn.} 

JOHN   HOLMES 

died 

Aug.  15,  1846, 
JEt.  67. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  2O/ 


MARY   M. 

Daughter  of 

Leonard  &  Lydia 

FARWELL, 

DIED 

Dec.  6,  1847, 
JEt.  21  yrs.  &  4  mos. 


I847 


1848 


MRS.  BETSEY  SPALTER 

DIED 

May  10,  1848, 
Aged  76  years. 

She  walked  in  the  light  of  her 
Saviour's  countenance,  and  in  his 
righteousness  was  she  exalted. 
"  She  is  not  here,  she  has  ascended  to 

the  bosom  of  her  Father  and  her  God" 

\ 

The  daughter  of  MOSES  and  SARAH  CHILD,  born  November  2, 
1771 ;  she  married,  first,  TIMOTHY  SPAULDING,  and,  secondly, 
JOHN  SPALTER. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

LUCY, 

wife  of  Dea. 

Samuel  Rockwood, 

died 

May  12,  1848, 
JEt.  91. 

The  daughter  of  NATHAN  and  MARY  HUBBARD,  born  August 
20,  1757  ;  she  was  married  January  19,  1780. 


208  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


JOHN   SHATTUCK 

Died 

May  20,  1848. 
M\..  70. 

MARY, 

his  wife 

'died  Nov.  7,  1852. 
^Et.  77- 

The  son  of  NATHANIEL  and  EUNICE  (HAZEN)  SHATTUCK,  born 
March  22,  1778  ;  his  wife  was  a  daughter  of  THOMAS  BENNETT, 
born  February  4,  1776. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
DR.  AMOS  BANCROFT 

DIED 

July  12,  1848, 
^Et.  8 1. 

The  son  of  EDMUND  and  RACHEL  H.  (BARRON)  BANCROFT, 
born  May  23,  1767,  at  Pepperell ;  he  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  the  class  of  1791,  and  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
OLIVER  PRESCOTT,  Jr.  He  was  knocked  down  by  a  wagon  in 
State  Street,  Boston,  and  lived  but  a  few  hours  afterward. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn .] 
ELIZABETH, 

wife  of 
Timothy  Blood,  Jr. 

died 

July  3 1,  1848, 
yEt.  40  ys.  7  ms. 

Behold  and  see  as  you  pass  by, 
As  you  are  now  so  once  was  I ; 
As  I  am  now  so  you  must  be, 
Prepare  for  death  and  follow  me. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  209 


1849 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

ABNER   SHEPLEY 
DIED 

Mar.  20,  1849, 
Aged  63. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
OLIVER    BLOOD 

died 

June  5,  1849, 
JEt.  74- 


[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
MARY    HAZEN, 

died 

June  20,  1849  > 
JEt.  23. 

Friends  nor  physicians  could  not  save 
My  mortal  body  from  the  grave  ; 
Nor  can  the  grave  confine  me  here, 
When  Christ  the  light  doth  appear. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
MR.  AARON  LEWIS 

DIED 

Oct.  9,  1849, 
Mt.  63. 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  LUCY  (CROSBY)  LEWIS,  born  December 
n,  1786,  at  Billerica;  he  married,  December  28,  1814,  SARAH 
SPAULDING. 


210  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.\ 
CHARLOTTE 

wife  of 

Charles  Gilson. 
(Formerly  wife  of 
David  Nutting?) 

DIED 

Nov.  8,  1849, 
JEt.  61. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

JAMES   BENNETT, 

died 

Nov.  20,  1849, 
JEt.  70  yrs. 


1850 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 

EDETH, 

Wife  of 

Jonathan  Nutting, 

died 

July  28,  1850, 
JEt.  78. 


[Willow  Tree.} 
WILLIAM 

Son  of  James  J?.  6* 
Nancy  A.  Me  Daniel 

died 

Sept.  2,  1850, 
2  ys.  2  ms. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  211 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
MARY  JANE 

Moncrieff 

DIED 

Sept.  27,  1850, 
Aged  49. 


I8SI 


[Monument.  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.  Monument.} 

NATHAN    AMES 

DIED 

Mar.  22,  1851, 
JEt.  87. 

[  Willmv  Tree  and  Urn} 
MR.  SAMUEL 
ROCKWOOD 

DIED 

May  10,  1851, 
^Et.  69. 

The  son  of  SAMUEL  and  LUCY  (HUBBARD)  ROCKWOOD,  born 
November  19,  1781  ;  he  married,  November  19,  1818,  for  his 
first  wife,  ANNA  HOUGHTON,  and  March  12,  1840,  for  his  second 
wife,  LUCY  WESTON,  of  Townsend.  . 

BETSEY  WYMAN, 

DIED 

June  21,  1851, 
Aged  20  yrs.  8  mo. 

Farewell  dear  child 

Thy  days  on  earth  are  over 

When  the  toiles  of  life  are  past 
May  we  meet  with  you  at  last. 


212  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1852 


\Book  and  Index  Hand.] 
MARTHA    B.    SMITH, 

died  April  20,  1852, 
aged  65  y'rs. 

Jam  the  resurrection  and  the  life; 
he  that  believeth  in  me,  though  he  were 
dead  yet  shall  he  live. 


Tree.} 
MARET   BURGESS 
DIED 

Sept.  9,  1852, 

JEt.  56  y'rs. 

&  6  m's. 


In  memory  of 
REV. 

WILLIAM   GRAGG 

who  died  Nov.  19,  1852, 

JEt.  66. 

Also  his  wife 

MARY   P.   GRAGG 

who  died  Nov.  29,  1852 

-ffit.  65. 

No  terror  on  their  brows  was  seen, 
Their  minds  were  peaceful  and  serene, 
Their  Saviour's  smile  dispelled  the  gloom, 
And  smoothed  their  passage  to  the  tomb. 

The  son  of  THOMAS  and  EUNICE  (LAKIN)  GRAGG,  born 
September  22,  1786,  at  Groton;  he  married,  January  29,  1833, 
MARY  POLLARD,  of  Bedford,  and  at  one  time  was  settled  as  a 
minister  at  Windham,  Maine.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
College  in  the  class  of  1820. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  213 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
MRS.   LUCY, 

wife  of 
Mr.  Joseph  Sawtell 

DIED 
Nov.  23,  1852, 

y£t.  78. 

Friends  nor  physicians  could  not  save 
This  mortal  body  from  the  grave  ; 
Nor  can  the  grave  confine  it  here 
When  Christ  doth  call  it  to  appear. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

Miss 
MARY   CROUCH 

died 

June  10,  1853, 
Aged  60  yrs. 

\Willcnv  Tree  and  Urn.\ 

NANCY  A. 

wife  of 
James  R.  McDaniel 

died 

Nov.  18,  1853, 
JEt.  30  ys.  7  ms. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

JOHN    BOIT 
died  Nov.  23,  1853 

Aged  86  yrs. 

JOHN  BOIT  JR. 

died  June  16,  1871, 

Aged  66  y'rs. 

God  is  love. 


1853 


214  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


1854 


REBECCA  SARAH, 

wife  of 

Henry  Archibald 
Died  June  13,  1854 

Mt.  35  Yrs- 

MARGARET   AGNES 
Died  Aug.  12,  1852, 

JSA..  6  yrs. 

HENRY   ADAMS, 

Died  Mar.  20, 

JEt.  3  mos. 

Children  of  Henry  6- 

Rebecca  S.  Archibald. 


RICHARD    BLOOD 
DIED 

Oct.  24,  1854, 
^Et.  58. 


Parted  below 


r\ 

°* 


united  above 

SUSAN   M. 

wife  of 

John  A.  Hunt, 
died  Nov.  22,  1854, 

aged  29  y'rs. 

"  Still  her  memory  sweetly  lingers, 
Still  we  listen  for  her  song; 
But  no  more  that  form  shall  greet  us, 
Seated  with  the  fireside  throng. 
Weep  not  that  the  link  is  severed, 
Soon  the  chain  will  perfect  be, 
And  the  hearts  once  more  united, 
When  the  fettered  soul  is  free." 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  215 


1855 

[West  Side.]  [A  MONUMENT.] 

JONATHAN   LORING 
DIED 

July  12,  1855, 
Mt.  82  yrs. 

MARY  T. 

his  wife 

died  Oct.  23,  1865, 
JEt.  89  yrs. 


[South  Side.] 
NEHEMIAH  TROWBRIDGE 

Son  of 

Rev.  Caleb  Trowbridge 

died  Jan.  n,  1796, 

JEt.  73  yrs. 


[East  Side.] 
ABIGAIL   TROWBRIDGE 

wife  of 

Nehemiah  Trowbridge 

died  Oct.  14,  1811, 

JEt.  78  yrs. 

Thrice  happy  shades,  now  freed  from  cares, 
Thy  mortal  frame  at  rest ; 
Secure  from  pain,  from  grief  and  fears, 
With  kindred  souls  thou'rt  blest. 

The  date  of  Mrs.  TROWBRIDGE'S  death,  as  given  on  the  east 
side  of  the  monument,  is  wrong;  she  died  in  the  year  1814. 
See  page  144. 


2l6  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


1856 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MRS.  MARTHA, 
wife  of  Asa  Lewis, 

died 

Feb.  4,  1856, 
^Et.  70. 

The  saints,  who  now  in  Jesus  sleep, 
His  own  almighty  power  shall  keep, 
Till  dawns  the  bright  illustrious  day, 
When  death  itself  shall  die  away. 
My  soul,  my  body  I  will  trust, 
With  him  who  numbers  every  dust  ; 
My  Saviour  faithfully  will  keep 
His  own  —  their  death,  is  but  a  sleep. 


FREDERICK   ADAMS 

died  Apr.  13,  1856, 
Aged  49. 

ELIZA, 

his  wife 

died  1839, 

Aged  27. 

Farewell  dear  parents  thou  art 
gone  to  rest. 


1857 


AARON   COREY 

DIED 

Mar.  15,  1857, 
Mt.  73. 

The  son  of  NATHAN  and  MARY  (GREEN)  COREY;  he  married 
ELIZABETH  BENNETT.  During  many  years  he  was  the  driver  of 
a  stage-coach  running  between  Boston  and  Groton. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  217 

MERRIC   LEWIS 

Born  July  25,  1795, 

Died  April  23,  1857, 

^E.  6 1  ys.  9  m s. 

Under  math  this  sod,  rests, 
"  An  honest  man, 
The  noblest  work  of  God" 

The  son  of  JAMES  and  LUCY  (CROSBY)  LEWIS,  and  a  native 
of  Billerica. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

MR. 
BENJAMIN   BANCROFT 

died 

Sept.  16,  1857, 
JEt.  69. 

The  son  of  WILLIAM  and  AGNES  (EDES)  BANCROFT. 


1858 
FLORA  M. 
dau.  of  H.  L.  &• 
Martha  Stebbins, 

died 

Jan.  24,  1858, 
^£Y.  6  frs.  2  Mas. 

Rest  lovely  child  early  blest, 
God  called  thee  home  he 
thought  it  best 

NOAH  SHATTUCK 
DIED  1858. 
Aged  86  y'rs. 


2l8  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


i859 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

ABIJAH 

NUTTING 

DIED 

July  16,  1859, 
JEt.  93. 


[Monument.         Willow  Tree  and  Urn,        Monument .] 
LUCY, 

Wife  of 

THOMAS  DODGE, 
DIED 

Oct.  4,  1859, 

^Et.  82. 


DR.  AARON  ANDREW, 

Died  Dec.  12,  1859, 

Aged  68  yrs. 

MARY  His  Wife 
Died  Nov.  18,  1871, 

Aged  75  yrs- 
Also  their  Dau. 

MARY, 

Died  Feb.  15,  1845, 
Aged  13  yrs. 

We  have  loved  thee  on  Earth. 
May  we  meet  thee  in  Heaven. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  2  19 

1860 

[West  Side.]  [A  MONUMENT.] 

DICKSON 

WALTER  DICKSON 

died 
Jan.  21,  1860, 

^Et.  61. 

A  Missionary  in  Palestine 
for  five  years. 

[North  Side.] 
FRED.  W.  STEINBECK 

killed  by  Arabs 

in  Jaffa,  Palestine 

Jan.  12,  1858, 

JEt.  36. 

MARY  E. 

his  wife, 

daur7  of  Walter  & 

Sarah  Dickson, 

died  Dec.  10,  1867, 

^Et.  34- 

WALTER  DICKSON  was  the  son  of  WALTER  and  ANNA  (TUFTS) 
DICKSON,  and  was  born  March  15,  1799,  at  Groton.  His  father 
removed  to  this  town  from  Menotomy,  since  West  Cambridge, 
and  now  Arlington.  WALTER,  the  son,  was  a  farmer  until 
October,  1853,  when  he  left  Groton  to  work  as  an  independent 
missionary  in  Palestine.  In  January,  1858,  Mr.  DICKSON'S 
house  at  Jaffa  was  attacked  by  Arabs,  and  he  himself  severely 
wounded  ;  his  son-in-law,  STEINBECK,  was  killed  at  the  same 
time.  He  came  back  to  this  country  in  the  following  September. 


ABIGAIL  P.  WOODS. 

Widow  of 

JOSEPH   WOODS. 

died  May  8,  1860. 
aged  67,  yrs.  5,  mos. 


220  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


SOPHIA, 
wife  of 

PHINEAS  NUTTING, 

DIED 

July  15,  1860, 
Aged  77. 

[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn^ 

LOVINA  P. 

wife  of 

Robert  M.  Cooper, 

and  daughter  of 

Capt.  Thomas  and 

Lovina  Farnsworth 

died  Aug.  18,  1860, 

-fit  35- 


ELIZABETH, 
Wife  of 

AARON   COREY, 
DIED 

Sept.  ii,  1860, 
JEt.  77. 


1861 

EBEN'R.  C.  ARCHIBALD 

DIED 

Oct.  20.  1861. 
JEt.  22  yrs. 


1863 


[  Willvw  Tree  and  Urn.] 

NABBY  STANLEY 

DIED 

Feb.  22,  1863, 
JEt.  83  ys.  8  ms. 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  221 


THOMAS    DODGE 
DIED 

March  i,  1863, 
JEA..  8 1  y's  6  mo. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 
SARAH    PIERCE, 

wife  of 
Aaron  Brown, 

died 
June  13,  1863, 

Mt.  77- 
A  Mother  in  Israel. 

The  daughter  of  STEPHEN  and  ABIGAIL  (PRESCOTT)  PIERCE, 
born  May  25,  1786. 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
JOSIAH  EDWIN, 
Son  of  John  <5r» 
Martha  Smith, 

died 

Aug.  3,  1863  ; 
^Et.  19  ys. 

"  So  fades  the  lovely  blooming  flower." 


[Urn.         Willow  Tree  and  Urn.         Urn.} 

MARY   HEMENWAY 

died 
Oct.  9,  1863, 

JEt.  75. 

Farewell,  ye  friends,  whose  tender  care 
Has  long  engaged  my  love  ; 
Your  fond  embrace  I  now  exchange 
For  better  friends  above. 


222  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

ANNA  SHATTUCK 
DIED  1863. 
Aged  85  y'rs. 


1865 

[  Wtilffw  Tree  and  Urn.} 
LYDIA 

wife  of 

Ephraim  Heald 
and  Daugh.  of  Jacob 

and  Mary  Patch, 

Died  March  27,  1865, 

Aged  83  ys.  2  ms. 


1867 

[  Willmo  Tree  and  Urn.] 

POLLY, 
-wife  of  Capt. 
Thomas  Blood, 

DIED 
Feb.  3,  1867, 

JEt.  82. 

Blessed  are  the  dead 
which  die  in  the  Lord. 

[Willow  Tree  and  Urn.] 

AGNESS  S. 

BANCROFT 

DIED 

Oct.  10,  1867, 

vEt  84. 

The  daughter  of  WILLIAM  and  AGNES  (£DES)  BANCROFT. 

LUTHER   HARTWELL 
DIED 

Oct.  15,  1867, 
Aged  76  yrs.  &>  9  ms. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  223 

MARY, 

wife  of  John  Searles, 

formerly  wife  of 
Ebenezer  L.  Blood, 

DIED 

Nov.  9,  1867, 
Aged  83  yrs.  8  ms. 

FANNIE, 

wife  of 

John  M.  E.  Gilson 

Died  Dec.  i,  1867, 

JEt.  55  yrs.  6  ms. 

FRANCIS,  their  son 

Died  Oct.  29,  1849, 

JEt.  i  yr.  6  ms  & 

1 8  ds. 


1869 


DIADAMA, 

Wife  of  Aaron  Corey  Jr. 

DIED 

Feb.  13,  1869, 
Aged  62  yrs. 


WILLIAM    KEMP 
POLLY    KEMP 

his  wife 
died  March  i,  1869, 

Aged  80. 
"  Live,  so  as  to  meet  me  in  Heaven" 

POLLY  was  the  daughter  of  CALEB  and  ELIZABETH  (FARNS- 
WORTH)  BLOOD  ;  her  husband,  aged  88,  is  still  alive. 


224  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

1870 

ISAAC  BULLARD 

DIED  IN  ACTON  MASS. 

July  28,  1870,  - 

AGED  79  YRS.  9  MOS. 

He  was  for  many  years — say  from  1817  to  1830 — the 
driver  of  one  of  the  stage-coaches  running  between  Boston  and 
Groton. 

CLARISSA, 

wife  of  John  Fletcher, 

DIED 

Aug.  8,  1870, 

Aged  60  y'rs.  4  ms. 

Gone  to  rest. 


1872 

SUSANNAH   T.   GEORGE 

DIED 

Nov.  10,  1872, 
JEt.  65  yrs.  3  weeks. 

My  feet  are  wearied  and  my  hands  are  tired  - 

My  soul  oppressed  ; 
And  with  desire  have  I  long  desired 

Rest—  only  Rest. 


1873 


LYDIA  YOUNG 
DIED 

Jan.  23,  1873, 
Aged  72  y'rs, 

&  10  mo's. 

"  Blessed  are  the  dead  that  die 
i"  the  Lord." 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  225 


[  Willow  Tree  and  Urn.} 
MIRANDA 

wife  of 

MARET    BURGESS, 

Died  Jan.  26,  1874, 
t.  74  yrs.  8  ms. 


1874 


1875 

LYDIA  W. 

wife  of 

RICHARD  BLOOD, 

died 

March  26,  1875, 
ML  77- 


JAMES  H.  BURGESS 

Died 

May  10,  1875, 
ML  69. 

Stop,  stop,  young  friends  as  you  pass  by, 
As  you  are  now  so  once  was  I; 
As  I  am  now  so  you  must  be, 
Prepare  for  Death  and  follow  me. 


1877 


NANCY  LAWTON, 
widow  of 

LUTHER   DAVIS, 

died 

May  2,  1877, 

Aged  82  yrs.  2  mos. 

&  17  ds. 


TOMBS. 


'TVHE  earliest  reference  in  the  town  records  to  any  tombs  is 
found  in  the  warrant  for  the  meeting  held  April  6,  1807, 
and  is  as  follows  :  — 

"ARTICLE   3. 

"3.  To  grant  license  if  the  town  see  cause,  unto  Hon.  James 
Prescott  Esq.  Oliver  Prescott  James  Brazer  Samuel  Lawrence  and 
Thomas  Gardner  Esq™  and  Rev.  Daniel  Chaplin  to  erect  and  build 
tombs,  family  Vaults,  or  depositories  of  such  dimensions,  and  of 
such  construction,  and  in  such  manner  as  they,  or  either  of  them 
shall  determine,  with  the  priviledges  sacred  to  the  sanctuary  of  the 
Dead,  at  the  Southeasterly  corner  of  the  common  burial  ground,  or 
grave  yard  in  Groton,  where  former  graves,  vaults,  or  depositories 
will  not  be  disturbed." 

The  subject  was  duly  considered  at  the  meeting,  when  it  was 

"  Voted  to  grant  the  license  prayed  for,  by  Hon.  James  Prescott 
Esq.  &  others,  in  the  third  Article,  provided,  that  not  more  than  ten 
feet  square  in  the  clear,  be  improved  by  any  one  of'the  petitioners,  for 
the  purposes  mentioned  in  this  Article." 

In  the  warrant  for  the  town  meeting,  held  May  4,  1807,  the 
third  article  is 

"  To  see  if  they  will  grant  license  to  Walter  Dickson,  to  erect  & 
build  a  tomb,  under  similar  restrictions  &  with  like  priviledges  as  they 
voted  at  April  meeting  in  favor  of  the  Hon.  James  Prescott  Esq.  & 
others." 

The  meeting  was  duly  held,  when  it  was 

"  Voted  that  be  granted  Walter  Dickson  to  erect  &  build  a  tomb 
&c.  as  requested." 


228  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 


A  few  years  later  —  May  4,  1812  —  the  town 

"  Voted  that  Ezra  &  Abel  Farnsworth  have  leave  to  build  a  tomb 
in  the  public  burying  ground  for  their  family  use,  provided  they 
do  not  interfere  with  appropriated  ground,  under  the  inspection  of  the 
Selectmen." 

These  tombs,  however,  do  not  appear  to  have  been  built  till 
the  year  1818,  which  date  they  all  bear.  They  have  recently 
been  filled  up,  and  hereafter  are  to  be  discontinued  as  places  of 
burial.  The  representatives  of  the  original  owners,  for  the  most 
part,  have  lots  in  the  new  cemetery.  The  following  is  a  list  of 
the  names,  cut  in  the  granite  facings  of  the  tombs  :  — 

JAMES    PRESCOTT 

1818. 


LUTHER   LAWRENCE. 

1818. 
[This  stone  within  a  few  years  has  been  taken  away.] 


REV. 

DANIEL   CHAPLIN 
1818. 


WALTER  DICKSON 
1818 


STUART  J.  PARK 

1818 


EZRA    AND 

ABEL   FARNSWORTH 

1818 


GROTON    EPITAPHS.  229 

JAMES  BRAZER 

AND 

CALEB  BUTLER 
1818 

In  the  year  1822,  ten  or  twelve  tombs  were  built  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Burying  Ground,  although  no  mention  is  made  in  the 
town  records  of  any  vote  on  the  subject.  During  a  few  subse- 
quent years,  other  tombs  were  built,  most  of  them  by  Joseph 
Blood,  a  stone  mason,  although  no  special  permission  —  except 
in  a  very  few  instances  —  was  given  by  the  town.  At  the  meet- 
ing held  in  March,  1832,  the  whole  subject  relating  to  tombs 
was  placed  under  the  control  of  the  selectmen.  It  has  remained 
in  their  hands  ever  since,  although  no  new  tomb  has  been  con- 
structed for  a  long  time.  When  the  wall  around  the  ground  was 
relaid  in  the  year  1872,  these  tombs,  with  a  few  exceptions,  were 
filled  up,  and  no  further  interments  are  to  be  made  in  them. 
Such  as  were  not  filled  up,  are  indicated  by  an  asterisk  [&]  in 
the  margin. 

Beginning  at  the  north-west  corner,  near  the  Baptist  Church, 
the  following  is  a  list,  in  regular  order,  of  the  names  cut  in  the 
stone  facings  :  — 

J.  POLLARD. 

WD.  S.  LAWRENCE. 

1841. 


N.  MUNROE. 
1822. 


ISAIAH  HALL  &. 
DAVID   FLETCHER. 

1822, 


230  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

J.  F.   HALL 

AND 
B.  MOORS. 


W.  LIVERMORE 
&  B.  AMES. 

1822. 


*  J.  L.  &  I.  PARKER. 

1822. 


JAMES    FARNSWORTH. 

1822. 


ZECHARIAH   FITCH. 

1822. 


A.  LEWIS, 

1822. 


J.  BLOOD 
&  CAPELL, 

1822. 


G.    BRIGHAM, 
&  J.  PEABODY, 

1822.     ' 


S.  O.  ROW, 

1822. 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  231 

D.  &  W.  CHILD 

1825. 


SAMUEL   HARTWELL 

& 
JEREMIAH   KILBURN, 

1825. 


SAMSON 
WOODS, 

1825. 


N.  TARBELL, 
1825. 


P.  GRAVES, 

1826. 


JESSE   PARKER, 
1826. 


JACOB   WILLIAMS, 

1828. 


JONAS  & 
JOSHUA   EATON, 

1828. 


232  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

C.  CHILD  & 
K.  DANFORTH. 

1828. 


JOSIAH   CLARK 

1828. 


E.  NUTTING. 

1828. 


DANIEL   SHATTUCK. 

1830 


J.  &.  L  &  J.  GILLSON 
1831 


ASA   LAWRENCE 

1832 


OLIVER  GRAGG, 

1832. 


J.  H.  &  J.  LORING, 

1832. 


LEVI.   STONE. 
*      1832 


GROTON   EPITAPHS.  233 

ABEL    TARBELL'S   TOMB.  # 

ABEL  TARBELL 

Died  Oct.  19,  1860,  ^Et.  86  ys.  i  mo.  24  ds. 
Pamela  Tarbell,  wife  of 

ABEL  TARBELL 
Died  Aug.  27,  1849.  ^-Et.  66 

Abel  Harkness  Tarbell 
Died  June  18,  1835,  ^Et.  19. 


CALVIN.   HUBBARD 
ABEL.   HARTWELL 

1832. 


Samuel  Dana's  Tomb. 

SAMUEL  DANA,  died  Nov.  20,  1835 ;  ^E-  68- 
REBECCA,  his  wife,  died  May  n,  1834;  2E.  54. 
CHARLES,  their  Son,  was  drowned  July  31, 
1819  ;  3E.  20  ys.  GEORGE,  their  Son,  died 
April  12.  1804;  2E.  i  yr.  &  6  ms. 


N.  SAWTELL.  6- 

A.  STONE. 

1836. 


J.  FITCH  &  L.  PARKER'S 
TOMB        1836. 


J.  BROWN,  & 
A.  H.  WILDER 

1837 


SAMUEL  PIERCE. 


234  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

J.  A.  BLOOD. 
J.  M9GILSON. 


The  Family  Tomb  of  WILLIAM  PARKER. 
WILLIAM  PARKER,  died  Jan.  9,  1833,  aged  71. 
HENRY  PARKER,  died  May  1824,  aged  36. 
JANE  PARKER,  drowned  Sept.  13,  1826,  aged  26. 
LOUISA  GAGE,  died  Sept.  12,  1838,  aged  34. 
ADDISON  PARKER,  died  March  4,  1839,  aged  29. 
DR.  AARON  ANDREW,  died  Dec.  12,  1859,  aged  68. 
DAVID  A.  PATCH,  died  Sept.  25,  1839,  aged  57. 
SUSANNAH,  his  wife,  died  June  9,  1865,  aged  80  y.  9  m. 


J.  HOAR. 
1839. 


EDMUND   TARBELL. 


J.  A.  FULLICK. 
D.  BROOKS. 


F.  A.  BLOOD 


SILVESTER 

JACOBS   TOMB 

1839. 


ASA  TARBELL. 
B.  RUSSELL. 


T.  BLOOD. 
J.  SAWTELL. 


APPENDIX. 


DURING  many  years  Groton  was  a  frontier  town,  situated 
relatively  a  long  distance  from  Boston.  At  that  period  there 
were  but  few  settlements  in  the  colony,  and  the  younger  generations 
were  wont  to  live  near  the  home  of  their  childhood.  The  popula- 
tion of  the  town,  through  the  first  century  of  its  existence,  was 
made  up  largely  of  the  descendants  of  its  founders  and  early  set- 
tlers. In  this  Appendix,  I  purpose  to  give  a  short  account  of 
some  of  the  families  living  here  during  that  time,  including  a  brief 
notice  of  the  petitioners  for  the  plantation  of  Groton,  and  of  a  few 
other  persons  connected  with  the  history  of  the  town.  It  will  be 
seen  that  a  considerable  number  of  them  came  from  Watertown 
and  Lynn. 

JUtllTCtOft,  Benjamin  Bancroft,  the  son  of  Thomas,  of  Read- 
ing, is  the  ancestor  of  the  families  of  this  name,  living  in  Groton 
and  its  vicinity.  He  married  Anna,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
(Tarbell)  Lawrence,  of  Lexington,  and  had  nine  children.  He 
lived  for  a  while  at  Charlestown,  but  afterward,  about  the  year 
1728,  removed  to  Groton,  where  he  died  July  21,  1787,  aged  86 
years,  and  his  widow  also,  April  3,  1790,  aged  87  years.  He 
was  a  tanner  by  trade,  and  lived  a  short  distance  south  of  the  Uni- 
tarian Church,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Great  Road.  His  tannery 
was  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  way.  The  stone  powder  magazine, 
used  by  the  State  during  the  Revolution,  was  situated  on  his  land. 

Benjamin,  the  eldest  child,  followed  the  occupation  of  his  father, 
and  lived  on  the  old  homestead.  He  was  town  treasurer  and  a  dea- 
con of  the  church,  besides  holding  other  positions  of  trust.  He 


236  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

married  Alice,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Farnsworth)  Tar- 
bell,  and  had  eight  children.  His  wife  died  November  29,  1781, 
aged  51  years,  and  he  died  October  27,  1804,  aged  80  years. 

Edmund,  the  second  child,  removed  to  that  part  of  Groton,  now 
Pepperell,  where  he  carried  on  farming.  He  was  town  treasurer  of 
Pepperell  for  twenty  years,  and  a  representative  in  the  General 
Court.  He  married,  December  30,  1747,  for  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth 
Atherton,  of  Harvard,  who  died  October  6,  1755,  and  he  married, 
in  the  year  1758,  for  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Rachel  (Howard)  Bar- 
ron,  widow  of  Jonathan  Barron  and  daughter  of  Samuel  Howard,  of 
Chelmsford.  She  died  June  3,  1784,  aged  54  years,  and  he  mar- 
ried, for  the  third  time,  Mrs.  Phebe  (Lawrence)  Bancroft,  widow  of 
Jonathan  Bancroft,  of  Salem,  and  daughter  of  Colonel  William  and 
Susanna  (Prescott)  Lawrence,  of  Groton.  Edmund  died  October 
25,  1806,  aged  79  years,  and  his  widow,  November  21,  1808,  aged 
74  years.  He  had  four  children  by  his  first  marriage,  and  eight  by 
his  second.  Dr.  Amos  Bancroft,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  in 
the  class  of  1791,  and  for  many  years  a  distinguished  physician  of 
Groton,  was  a  son  of  the  second  wife. 

Deacon  Benjamin  and  Edmund  were  the  only  sons  of  Benjamin 
Bancroft  who  grew  up  to  manhood. 

UiltTOU.  Two  brothers  of  this  name,  sons  of  Ellis  and 
[Grace  ?]  Barron,  of  Watertown,  were  original  proprietors  of  Gro- 
ton ;  Ellis,  the  elder  brother,  owning  a  fifteen-acre  right,  and  John, 
the  other,  a  seven-acre  right.  Ellis  married  Hannah,  widow  of 
Timothy  Hawkins,  of  Watertown,  and  had  several  children,  before 
coming  to  Groton,  where  others  were  born.  John  also  had  a 
family,  but  now  for  a  long  time  there  has  been  no  representative  of 
the  name  in  the  town.  Elias  Barron,  of  Groton,  was  in  Captain 
Lovewell's  fight,  May  8,  1725,  at  Pigwacket,  where  he  was  wounded 
and  afterward  lost.  The  sum  of  ^30  was  allowed  his  family,  by 
the  General  Court,  June  17,  1725  ;  and  according  to  the  record  in 
the  printed  "Journal,"  of  December  21,  1726,  it  appears  that  his 
widow's  name  was  Priscilla. 

Samuel  Barron  left  a  small  bequest  to  the  town,  which  still  keeps 
his  name  in  grateful  remembrance.  The  following  is  an  extract 
from  his  will,  dated  February  5,  1753  :  — 

"  My  Will  and  plesuer  is  that  the  first  Church  of  Christ  in  Groton  should 
have  sum  thing  oute  of  my  Estate  for  the  poore  of  saied  Church  and  I  do  hereby 


APPENDIX.  237 


Give  fo  the  saied  Church  the  sum  of  thirteen  pounds  five  shillings  and  four 
pence  Lawfull  money  to  be  paied  to  the  saied  Church  oute  of  my  Estate  by  my 
Executer  within  one  year  next  after  my  decease  to  be  Lett  oute  to  Interest  by 
the  saied  Church  and  the  Interest  to  be  approprated  for  the  Bennefit  of  the 
poore  of  saied  Church  as  the  Church  shall  order  but  the  princaple  never  to  be 
demineshed." 


Three  of  the  petitioners  for  the  plantation  of  Groton, 
viz.,  Richard,  John,  and  Robert,  bore  this  name,  and  all  three  were 
sons  of  James  and  Ellen  Blood,  of  Concord.  Another  brother, 
James,  was  an  early  proprietor  of  the  town.  Richard  was  the  only 
one  of  these  brothers  that  lived  in  Groton,  and  he  is  the  ancestor 
of  most  of  the  name  in  this  neighborhood.  He  was  the  largest 
proprietor  in  the  town,  owning  a  sixty-acre  right,  and  was  one  of 
the  first  board  of  selectmen  chosen  by  the  inhabitants,  and  also 
town  clerk  in  the  year  1668.  He  married  Isabel  -  ,  and  had 
Mary,  who  died  April  19,  1662  ;  James,  who  was  killed  by  the 
Indians,  September  13,  1692  ;  Nathaniel,  who  married,  June  13, 
1670,  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Long)  Parker  ; 
Elizabeth,  who  married,  December  i,  1686,  Thomas  Tarbell,  the 
third  of  the  name  in  Groton  ;  and  Joseph,  who  was  an  original 
proprietor  of  the  town.  Richard,  the  father,  lived  in  the  district 
called  "Nod,"  and  died  December  7,  1683. 

JJtttfflf,  The  name  of  London  Bridge  will  have  more  interest 
for  the  inhabitants  of  Groton,  when  it  is  known  that  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  the  town,  and  that  he  remembered  it  in  his  will.  This 
instrument,  bearing  date  May  23,  1775,  is  on  file  in  the  Middlesex 
Probate  Office  at  East  Cambridge,  and  was  presented  for  probate, 
January  25,  1776.  The  following  are  extracts  from  it:  — 

"  I  do  hereby  give  and  Bequeath  the  s?  sum  of  Thirteen  pounds  six  shil- 
lings and  eight  pence  to  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Groton  afores4.  the  Interest  of 
which  Sum  is  to  be  annually  given  to  the  poor  of  sd.  Chh.  at  the  Discretion  of 
their  Com'?"  ."  .  .  . 

He  then  makes  provision  for  the  payment  of  his  debts  and  a 
small  bequest  to  Captain  Henry  Farwell,  and  adds  :  — 

"and  if  that  should  not  be  sufficient  for  those  purposes  my  will  is  that  my 
Executor  take  so  much  out  of  the  above  given  to  the  Chh.  as  to  Defray  the 
Charges  Aboves1?  and  the  Remainder  be  applyed  by  the  Chh.  in  manner 
as  Aboves.*  for  their  poor." 


238  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


Timothy  Cooper  was  one  of  the  original  petitioners 
for  the  plantation  of  Groton,  and  his  name  appears  in  the  first  list 
of  selectmen,  appointed  by  the  General  Court.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hester  (Pierce)  Morse,  of  Water- 
town,  and  had  four  children.  In  the  inventory  of  his  estate,  on  file 
in  the  Middlesex  Probate  Office  at  East  Cambridge,  it  is  recorded 
that  he  was  "  Sleaine  by  the  Indeins  the  Second  day  of  march 
1675-6."  This  is  the  date  of  the  first  attack  on  the  town  in  King 
Philip's  War. 

OcltJtS.  Dolor  Davis  was  a  petitioner  for  the  plantation  of 
Groton,  and  one  of  the  first  board  of  selectmen  appointed  by  the 
General  Court.  He  came  to  this  country  from  England,  about  the 
year  1640,  and  lived  for  a  while  at  Barnstable.  He  is  the  ancestor 
of  many  of  the  name  now  living  in  Middlesex  and  Worcester  coun- 
ties. He  married  Margery,  sister  of  Major  Simon  Willard,  and  at 
one  time  was  a  resident  of  Concord.  He  probably  lived  here  but  a 
short  time  ;  he  died  at  Barnstable  in  the  year  1673. 


Matthias  Farnsworth,  the  progenitor  of  the 
numerous  families  in  Groton  bearing  this  name,  came  from  Lynn. 
He  was  an  original  proprietor  of  the  town,  and  owned  a  twenty-acre 
right.  His  farm  was  situated  on  both  sides  of  the  road  leading  to 
Harvard,  a  little  south  of  James's  brook,  more  than  a  mile  from  the 
village.  He  was  living  at  Lynn  in  the  year  1657,  and  at  Groton  in 
1664,  though  he  may  have  been  a  resident  of  each  place  earlier  than 
these  respective  dates.  He  died  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1689, 
aged  77  years.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  will,  on  file  in  the 
Middlesex  Probate  Office  at  East  Cambridge  :  — 

Groton  Jenewarey  15th  :  1688-9  an<^  in  the  4  yere  of  the  Rain  of  King  Jams 
the  sacond  I  mathyas  farnworth  sen  of  groton  in  the  county  of  midlsix  in  new 
ingland  aged  about  77  yers  being  wall  considrat  and  of  sound  and  parfit  Judg- 
ment and  understanding  thanks  be  to  god  for  it  I  being  sensabl  of  my  many 
frailtyes  &  unsartanty  of  my  natueral  lif  and  knowing  what  disaduantag  many 
times  hapens  for  want  of  a  Right  sating  the  hous  in  order  being  desiras  to 
ackt  and  sail  things  that  consarns  me  doe  mak  conshans  and  doe  daclare  this 
prasant  instrement  to  be  my  last  will  &  tastement  in  manar  and  form  as  foloweth 
making  uoyd  all  formar  wills  ather  by  word  or  dead  but  first  I  Commit  my  soul 
to  all  myty  god  my  Greater  hoping  I  shal  Rasaue  full  pardon  of  all  my  sins 
throw  Jasus  Christ  and  I  commit  my  bodey  to  the  earth  from  whans  it  was 
taken  to  be  beured  in  such  deasant  manar  as  my  exsecters  shall  see  meet  and 


APPENDIX.  239 


I-  first  to  the  distrebiting  my  eastat  I  doe  giue  to  my  beloued  wif  so  long  as  she 
Hues  a  widow  won  third  of  my  whol  astat  and  the  moueabls  within  the  hous  I 

2<  doe  laue  to  hur  to  daspose  as  shee  pleases  and  sacondly  I  doe  giue  to  my 
son  mathyas  farnworth  for  his  full  porshan  that  fiue  akker  Right  which  his 
deed  spasefyes  and  a  peese  of  madow  called  by  the  name  of  half  moon  madow 
and  twanty  akekers  of  land  lying  neer  a  plase  called  by  the  nam  of  Prascots 
olde  mill  and  this  to  be  counted  to  be  his  full  porshan  unlass  he  meets  with 
malistation  by  any  ralations  of  his  and  if  so  then  I  will  and  giue  to  my  son 
mathyas  my  horn  stall  that  I  now  dwall  upon  with  hous  &  barn  and  that  horn 
stall  that  my  son  mathyas  now  Hues  on  to  Raturn  in  seed  thare  of 

3-  and  thirdly  I  giue  to  my  son  John  farnworth  that  fiue  akar  Right  that  his 
deed   spasefyes   and   tan  shilins  more  to  be  Payed  of  the  astat  for  his  full 
porshan 

4-  fourthly  I  giue  to  my  son  bangeman  farnworth  that  part  of  my  land  lying  on 
the  out  sid  of  my  horn  stall  fans  at  the  lower  end  of  the  lot  and  twanty  ake- 
kers at  the  plas  neer  prescotts  old  mill  and  six  akkers  of  madow  lying  at  south 
madow  and  this  for  his  porshan 

5-  fiftly  for   my  son   samewall   &  Jonathan  farnworth   I   doe   giue   the  Rast 
of  my  land  and  madow  that  is  undasposed  on  lying  at  the  old  mill  for  thare 
porshan 

and  I  giue  my  daughter  Robison  won  cow  and  to  my  daughter  thacher  I  giue 
twenty  shilins  and  to  my  daughter  Stoon  won  cow  and  twanty  shilins  and  to  my 
daughter  abigall  farnworth  twalue  pound  for  her  porshan  and  as  to  the  Rast 
of  my  eastat  undasposed  of  I  leaue  in  the  hand  of  my  exsectters  to  daspose  of 
to  my  wif  or  children  as  thay  think  to  be  most  Rason  I  mak  Chois  of  my  son 
mathyas  farnworth  with  nathanil  lawrins  san  &  Jonas  prescott  for  exsackters 
this  taken  from  his  own  mouth  syned  and  sealed  in  the  prasants  of  us 

his 
mathyas  ^\  farnworth  sen 

mark 

nathannil  lawrance 
Jonas  Prescott 

his 

Nicklas  (/)  huchins 
mark 

also  I  giue  my  loam  &  tacklins  for  waring  to  my  son  mathyas  farnworth 

Xbr-   17.  1689  Charlestowne 

Nathan"  Larrance  &  Jonas  Prescott  appearing  in  Court  made  oath  yt  they 
were  prsent  when  Mathias  ffarmvorth  Deced  signed  sealed  and  published  this 
as  his  last  will  &  Testament,  and  y*  he  was  of  sound  judgment  and  of  dispose- 
ing  minde  when  he  did  ye  same  and  yt  they  sett  theire  hands  there  to  as 
witnesses  wth  Nicolas  Hutchins 

as  att.  Samn-  Phipps  Cler 

His  wife's  name  was  Mary,  and  they  had  ten  children.  The  list 
of  them  given  below  is  compiled  from  different  sources.  It  is 
probable  that  his  "  daughter  Robison  "  was  the  wife  of  James 
Robertson,  or  Robinson  ;  and  in  that  case,  her  name  was  Eliza- 


240  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

beth,  and  probably  she  was  born  in  England.  James  Robertson,  an 
original  proprietor  of  the  town,  married  his  wife,  January  16,  1667, 
and  she  died  December  22,  1729,  aged  82  years.  I  am  not  sure 
about  the  order  of  the  births  of  his  children,  but  I  suggest  the  fol- 
lowing :  Elizabeth  [?],  who  probably  married  James  Robertson  ; 
Joseph,  born  November  17,  1657,  at  Lynn,  and  died  February  20, 
1686-7  >  Mary,  born  October  n,  1660,  at  Lynn,  and  married,  April 
n,  1676,  Samuel  Thatcher,  of  Watertown  ;  Matthias,  born  at 
Groton  ;  John,  who  married,  December  8,  1686,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Eliot)  Aldis,  of  Dedham,  and  had  nine  chil- 
dren ;  Benjamin,  who  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonas  and  Mary 
(Loker)  Prescott,  and  had  ten  children ;  Samuel,  who  married, 
December  12,  1706,  widow  Mary  (Whitcomb)  Willard,  and  had 
three  children  ;  Abigail,  born  January  17,  1671,  and  probably 
married  John  Hutchins,  of  Groton ;  Sarah  [?],  who  perhaps  mar- 
ried Simon  Stone ;  and  Jonathan,  born  June  i,  1675,  married 
Ruth ,  and  had  fourteen  children. 

John,  one  of  the  sons  named  above,  was  an  influential  man  in 
all  town  affairs.  He  was  an  ensign  in  the  militia,  a  selectman,  a 
representative  to  the  General  Court  from  the  year  1708  to  1714 
inclusive,  excepting  1711,  and  a  deacon  in  the  church.  In  the 
autumn  of  1711,  he  was  in  command  of  one  of  the  eighteen  gar- 
risons in  the  town.  The  name  of  Matthias  Farnsworth,  of  Groton, 
appears  in  a  list  of  prisoners  in  the  hands  of  the  French  and 
Indians  in  Canada,  March  5,  1710-11,  though  there  is  nothing  in 
the  record  to  show  when  he  was  captured.  He  was  probably  the 
son  of  Matthias,  Jr.,  and,  if  so,  he  was  a  young  man  about  twenty 
years  old  at  the  date  of  the  list. 

The  first  settlement  of  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  —  then 
known  as  Number  4,  —  was  made  in  the  year  1740,  by  three 
brothers,  Samuel,  David,  and  Stephen  Farnsworth,  natives  of 
Groton.  They  all  became  leading  men  in  the  town,  and  dis- 
tinguished themselves  on  several  occasions  in  fights  with  the 
Indians.  Samuel  Farnsworth,  the  eldest  brother,  was  killed  in 
a  skirmish,  May  2,  1746  ;  David  was  taken  prisoner  by  a  party 
of  Indians,  April  20,  1757,  and  carried  to  Canada.  He  managed 
to  escape,  and  reached  home,  probably  soon  after  his  capture. 
Stephen,  the  youngest  brother,  also  had  his  bitter  experience  with 
the  savages.  He  was  captured  April  19,  1746,  and  taken  to 
Montreal,  where  he  remained  seventeen  months,  when  he  was 


APPENDIX.  241 


exchanged.  His  health  was  so  broken  down  by  the  hardships  of 
his  captivity  that  he  never  fully  regained  it.  He  died  September 
6,  1771,  leaving  behind  him  the  example  of  a  brave  man  and  a 
useful  citizen. 


Matthew  Farrington  was  one  of  the  petitioners 
for  the  plantation  of  Groton,  and  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
selectmen  appointed  by  the  General  Court.  He  was  a  son  of 
Edmund  Farrington,  of  Lynn,  and  was  born  in  England. 


Joseph  Gilson  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
the  town,  and  owned  a  nine-acre  right.  He  married,  November  18, 
1660,  Mary  Caper,  at  Chelmsford,  and  removed  from  that  town  to 
Groton  before  March  5,  1665-6.  He  died  in  the  summer  of  1676, 
at  Concord,  where  he  went,  probably,  when  Groton  was  deserted  by 
its  inhabitants.  An  inventory  of  his  estate  is  on  file  in  the  Middle- 
sex Probate  Office  at  East  Cambridge.  He  left  five  children,  viz., 
Mary,  born  November  17,  1662,  at  Chelmsford  ;  Timothy  ;  Joseph, 
born  March  8,  1666-7,  at  Groton,  married  twice,  and  had  five 
children  by  each  wife  ;  Sarah,  born  June  25,  1669,  at  Groton  ;  and 
John,  born  April  23,  1674,  at  Groton,  married  Sarah  -  ,  and 
had  five  children.  Both  Joseph  and  John  lived  and  died  at 
Groton,  and  John's  widow  married,  May  17,  1709,  for  her  second 
husband,  Richard  Warner,  by  whom  she  had  four  children.  Joseph 
Gilson,  a  grandson  of  the  original  proprietor,  was  one  of  the  seven 
Groton  men  with  Captain  Lovewell  in  his  fight  at  Pigwacket,  and 
the  only  one  of  the  seven  who  escaped  unhurt.  One  Joseph  Gilson 
of  Groton,  presented  a  petition  to  the  General  Court,  June  n, 
1760,  "representing  his  Services  and  Sufferings,  for  his  Country 
praying  a  Compensation." 


Richard  Haven  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the 
plantation  of  Groton.  He  was  living  in  Lynn  as  early  as  the  year 
1645,  and  is  said  to  have  come  from  the  west  of  England.  His 
will  was  proved  June  14,  1703. 


Thomas  Hinckley,  one  of  the  selectmen  first 
appointed  by  the  General  Court,  was  probably  a  son  of  Samuel 
Hinckley,  of  Scituate,  and  afterward  of  Barnstable.  If  this  sup- 


242  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

position  be  correct,  he  was  the  Governor  of  Plymouth  Colony  from 
the  year  1681  to  1692. 


William  Lakin,  the  ancestor  of  the  numerous  families 
of  this  name  that  have  lived  at  Groton,  died  December  10,  1672,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  go  or  91  years.  He'was  born  in  England,  and 
came  to  this  country  with  his  daughter-in-law  and  her  two  sons, 
William  and  John  Lakin.  Mr.  Butler,  in  his  excellent  "  History," 
(page  273),  says  that  the  family  came  from  Redington,  but  as 
there  is  no  such  place  in  England,  perhaps  the  parish  of  Ridling- 
ton  is  meant.  They  early  settled  at  Reading,  where  the  name  was 
sometimes  spelled  Laukin.  The  two  brothers  were  original  pro- 
prietors of  Groton,  each  owning  a  twenty-acre  right. 

William  Lakin  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Abraham  Brown,  of 
Watertown,  and  had  Lydia,  born  1650;  Mary,  born  1652  ;  William, 
born  May  6,  1655  ;  John,  born  January  3,  1658  ;  Jonathan,  born 
June  28,  1661  ;  Abraham,  born  January  10,  1664  ;  William,  born 
May,  1665;  Abraham,  born  September  n,  1667;  and  Eliab, 
born  January  8,  1669.  The  first  five  were  born  at  Reading,  and  the 
others  at  Groton. 

John  Lakin  married  Mary'JQh^^/and  had  the  following  chil- 
dren, born  at  Groton,  on  the  dates  set  against  their  respective 
names  :  Sarah,  February  4,  1661-2  ;  William,  May  12,  1664;  Abi- 
gail, March  13,  1666-7  >  Joseph,  April  14,  1670  ;  Benjamin, 
November  6,  1672  ;  and  Josiah,  September  14,  1675. 

William  Lakin  was  appointed  October  15,  1673,  Lieutenant  of 
the  military  company  of  the  town,  and  his  brother  John  was  con- 
firmed by  the  Governor  and  Council,  July  13,  1689,  as  Ensign  of 
the  same  company,  though  they  may  have  acted  as  officers  before 
these  dates. 

The  murderous  assault  made  by  the  Indians  on  the  town,  July 
27,  1694,  was  begun  at  the  house  of  Lieutenant  William  Lakin,  who 
lived  somewhere  in  the  neighborhood  of  Chicopee  Row.  Isaac 
Lakin,  a  grandson  of  William,  was  wounded  in  Love  well's  fight 
with  the  Indians. 

The  following  entry  is  found  in  the  printed  "Journal"  of  the 
Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives,  for  January  10,  1760  :  — 

"A  Petition  of  Oliver  Laken  of  Groton,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  shewing, 
that  he  was  a  Soldier  in  the  Pay  of  the  Province  Anno  1758,  and  was  on  the  2Oth 
Day  of  July  the  same  Year,  Captivated  by  the  Indian  Enemy,  suffered  many  £ 


APPENDIX.  243 


great  Hardships,  and  was  obliged  to  borrow  a  Sum  of  Money  to  purchase  his 
Freedom  from  Captivity ;  he  therefore  prays  he  may  be  allowed  the  Sum 
of  Money  he  borrowed ;  also  the  Charges  of  his  Passage  home,  and  a  further 
Allowance  for  his  Loss  of  Time  and  Sufferings  &c  " 

The  answer  to  this  petition  is  found  in  the  proceedings  of  Janu- 
ary 12,  and  is  as  follows  :  — 

"  The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  the  Petition  of  Oliver  Lakin,  Re- 
ported thereon. 

"  Read  and  accepted  in  Part,  viz.  Resolved.  That  the  Sum  of  eight  Pounds,  be 
allowed  and  paid  out  of  the  public  Treasury  to  William  Lawrence,  Esq  ;  for 
the  Use  of  the  Petitioner,  in  full  Consideration  for  his  Services  and  Sufferings 
therein  mentioned. 

"  Sent  up  for  Concurrence." 

The  petitioner  was  a  son  of  William  and  Miriam  Lakin,  and  a 
great-grandson  of  Ensign  John  Lakin. 

?LtllUi*CnCC.  The  ancestor  of  this  numerous  family  was  John 
Lawrence,  who  was  born  at  Wisset,  England,  where  he  was  bap- 
tized October  8,  1609.  He  married  Elizabeth  ,  and  had 

thirteen  children,  all  with  one  exception  born  at  Watertown,  where 
he  settled  on  com'ing  to  this  country.  His  daughter  Elizabeth  was 
born  in  Boston.  The  date  and  the  place  of  his  marriage  are  not 
known.  He  was  an  original  proprietor  of  Groton,  owning  a  twenty- 
acre  right ;  two  of  his  sons  were  also  original  proprietors,  Nathaniel 
having  a  ten-acre  right,  and  Joseph  a  five-acre  right.  His  house 
and  land  at  Watertown  were  sold  about  the  year  1662,  and  in  the 
same  year  the  name  is  found  in  the  Groton  records.  John's  wife, 
Elizabeth,  died  August  29,  1663,  at  Groton,  and  he  married, 
November  2,  1664,  for  his  second  wife,  Susanna,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Batchelder,  of  Charlestown,  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters. 
John  died  here  July  n,  1667,  and  his  widow,  July  8,  1668,  at 
Charlestown.  His  second  son,  Nathaniel,  is  represented  in  this 
neighborhood  at  the  present  time  by  numerous  descendants.  He 
held  various  offices  in  the  church  and  town,  and  was  one  of  the 
first  representatives  to  the  General  Court,  under  the  charter  of 
William  and  Mary,  in  the  year  1693.  He  married,  first,  March  13, 
1660-1,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Morse,  of  Ded- 
ham,  and  lived  for  a  while  at  Sudbury,  before  coming  to  Groton. 
His  wife  died  August  29,  1683,  and  he  married,  secondly,  Han- 
nah   .  In  advanced  life  he  removed  to  that  part  of  Cam- 


244  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

bridge  now  Lexington,  where  one  of  his  sons  was  living,  and 
here  he  died  March  12,  1746,  leaving  a  large  family.  Subsequently 
three  of  his  grandchildren,  Thomas,  William,  and  Amos,  came 
from  Lexington  to  Groton  to  live.  Two  other  of  John's  sons, 
Peleg  and  Enosh,  lived  at  Groton,  and  had  families.  Enosh  was 
wounded  by  the  Indians,  probably  in  the  attack  of  July  27,  1694. 
He  afterward  represented  in  a  petition  to  the  Governor  and  Coun- 
cil that  he  was  a  very  poor  man  by  reason  of  wounds  received  in 
his  hands,  which  almost  wholly  disabled  him  from  earning  a  liveli- 
hood for  himself  and  family.  In  consequence  of  these  representa- 
tions, he  was  allowed  exemption  from  taxes,  October  17,  1702,  and 
an  annual  pension  of  three  pounds  during  life.  The  name  Enosh 
is  a  variation  from  Enos,  and  not  from  Enoch,  with  which  it  is  fre- 
quently confounded.  This  will  be  seen  by  consulting  the  Geneva 
version  of  the  Bible,  long  used  in  preference  to  King  James's  ver- 
sion, by  the  New  England  men,  and  out  of  which  Enosh  Lawrence 
was  undoubtedly  named.  In  this,  "  Enosh  "  will  be  found  where 
the  authorized  version  has  "Enos,"  in  Genesis  v.  6,  7,  9-11. 


William  Longley  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
the  town,  and  was  the  owner  of  a  thirty-acre  right.  He  was  the 
son  of  Richard  Longley,  of  Lynn,  where  in  the  town  records  the 
name  is  sometimes  spelled  Langley.  He  had  been  one  of  the  se- 
lectmen of  Lynn,  and  was  clerk  of  the  writs  in  the  year  1655.  He 
removed,  about  the  year  1660,  to  Groton,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  in  the  year  1665,  and  town  clerk  in  1666.  He  died 
November  29,  1680,  leaving  a  will  dated  six  days  before  his  death. 
His  widow,  Joanna,  afterward  married  Benjamin  Crispe,  whom 
she  survived  ;  she  died  at  Charlestown  in  the  year  1698.  The 
following  is  a  list  of  his  children,  though  probably  not  in  the  order 
of  their  birth  :  John,  born  about  1640,  married  Hannah  -  , 
and  had  several  children  ;  Elizabeth,  married,  September  7,  1669, 
James  Blood,  and  died  about  1677,  leaving  two  daughters,  Mary 
and  Elizabeth,  who  married  brothers  named  Shattuck  ;  Anna,  or 
Hannah,  who  married,  June  30,  1666,  Thomas  Tarbell,  Jr.,  and 
had  several  children  ;  Mary,  who  married  Samuel  Leaman,  prob- 
ably of  Charlestown  ;  Sarah,  born  October  15,  1660,  married,  June 
17,  1679,  Thomas  Rand,  of  Charlestown  ;  Lydia,  who  married 
James  Nutting,  and  had  six  children  ;  and  William,  who  married, 
May  15,  1673,  Lydia  -  .  He  was  town  clerk  m  the  yeax 


APPENDIX.  245 


ajjd  f rom  1692  till  his  death  in  1694.  William  lived  on  the  east 
side  of  the  Hollis  road,  about  a  mile  from  the  village.  A  melan- 
choly interest  is  connected  with  the  site,  as  it  was  here  that  he  and 
his  wife,  with  five  children,  were  massacred  by  the  Indians  in  their 
assault  on  the  town,  July  27,  1694.  Three  more  of  their  children, 
Lydia,  John,  and  Betty,  were  carried  off  by  the  savages,  and  taken 
to  Canada.  Lydia  was  sold  to  the  French,  and  placed  in  the  Con- 
gregation of  Notre  Dame,  a  convent  in  Montreal,  where  she 
embraced  the  Roman  Catholic  faith,  and  died  July  20,  1758,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  84  years.  Betty  died  soon  after  her  capture 
from  hunger  and  exposure,  and  John,  the  third  child,  remained  with 
the  savages  for  more  than  four  years,  when  he  was  ransomed  and 
brought  away,  much  against  his  own  will.  At  one  time  during  his 
captivity,  he  was  on  the  verge  of  starving,  when  an  Indian  kindly 
gave  him  a  dog's  foot  to  gnaw,  which  for  the  time  appeased  his 
hunger.  He  was  known  among  his  captors  as  John  A/gary.  After 
he  came  home,  his  sister  Lydia  wrote  from  Canada,  urging  him  to 
abjure  the  Protestant  religion,  but  he  remained  true  to  his  early 
faith. 

Their  grandmother,  the  widow  of  Benjamin  Crispe,  April  13, 
1698,  made  her  will,  which  was  admitted  to  probate  on  the  28th  of 
the  following  December,  and  in  it  she  remembered  these  absent 
children  as  follows  :  — 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  Vnto  my  three  Grand-Children  y*  are  in  Captivity  if 
they  returne  Vizdt  three  books  one  of  ym  a  bible  another  a  Sermon  booke  treat- 
ing of  faith  and  the  other  a  psalme  book." 

John  Longley  returned  about  the  time  that  his  grandmother 
died. 

In  the  month  of  July  last,  I  was  in  Montreal,  where  I  pro- 
cured, through  the  kindness  of  the  Mother  Superior,  a  copy  of  the 
record  from  the  Congregation  of  Notre  Dame,  of  which  the  follow- 
ing is  a  translation  :  — 

"  On  Tuesday,  April  24,  1696,  the  ceremony  of  baptism  was  performed  on  an 
English  girl,  named  Lydia  Longley,  who  was  born  April  14,  1674,  at  Groton,  a 
few  miles  from  Boston  in  New  England.  She  was  the  daughter  of  William  Long- 
ley  and  Deliverance  Crisp,  both  Protestants.  She  was  captured  in  the  month 
of  July,  1680  [1694  ?]  by  the  Abenaqui  Indians,  and  has  lived  for  the  past  month 
in  the  house  of  the  Sisters  of  the  Congregation  of  Notre  Dame.  The  godfather 
was  M.  Jacques  Leber,  merchant ;  the  godmother  was  Madame  Marie  Made- 


246  GROTON     EPITAPHS. 


leine  Dupont,  wife  of   M.  de  Maricourt,  Ecuyer,  Captain   of  a  company  of 
Marines  :  she  named  this  English  girl  Lydia  Madeleine. 

[Signed]  LYDIA  MADELEINE  LONGLEY 

MADELEINE  DUPONT, 
LEBER, 
M.  CAILLE,  of  ting  curate." 

NOTE.  —  The  date  of  capture  in  this  record  is  written  out  in  full,  and  the  omission  of  one  word 
would  cause  the  mistake  ;  i.e.,  "mil  six  cent  quatre-vingt,"  omitting  quatorze. 


The  name  of  William  Martin  heads  the  list  of 
petitioners  for  the  plantation  of  Groton.  He  was  an  original  pro- 
prietor of  the  town,  owning  a  twenty-acre  right.  He  came  here  at 
an  early  date  from  Reading,  where  he  had  been  one  of  the  select- 
men. He  married  the  widow  of  William  Lakin,  Jr.,  —  though 
neither  the  date  nor  the  place  of  marriage  is  known,  —  and  he 
lived  near  Martin's  Pond,  which  was  named  after  him.  His  wife 
died  August  14,  1669,  and  he  died  March  26,  1672,  aged  about  76 
years.  He  left  a  will,  dated  twenty  days  before  his  death,  in  which 
he  bequeathed  ten  pounds  "  towards  purchasing  a  meeting  house  bell 
for  the  town's  use."  It  was  sixty  years,  however,  before  the  town 
obtained  the  legacy,  and  even  then  only  by  a  suit  brought  against 
one  of  the  legatees,  who  had  wrongfully  received  a  portion  of 
Martin's  estate. 


Abraham  Moors,  the  progenitor  of  various  families 
bearing  the  name  in  this  neighborhood,  came  from  England,  near 
the  beginning  of  the  last  century.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  and 
lived  in  the  south  part  of  the  town.  He  married,  November  21, 
1717,  Elizabeth  Gilson,  and  they  had  six  sons  and  three  daughters. 
Mr.  Moors  died  in  March,  1780,  aged  87  years,  and  his  wife 
December  4,  1770,  aged  72  years.  Their  youngest  son,  Joseph,  was 
in  active  service  during  a  part  of  the  French  War,  and  served  with 
distinction  as  an  officer  in  the  Revolution.  He  filled  many  posi- 
tions of  trust  and  responsibility  among  his  townsmen,  and  died 
July  25,  1820,  aged  82  years. 


John  Nutting,  the  common  ancestor  of  the  different 
families  in  Groton  bearing  this  name,  was  an  original  proprietor  of 
the  town,  and  owned  a  seventeen-acre  right.  His  land  lay  on  the 
northerly  side  of  James's  Brook,  and  his  house,  which  was  one  of 


APPENDIX.  247 


the  earliest  garrisons,  stood  near  the  present  site  of  Liberty  Hall. 
It  was  from  this  garrison  house  that  the  Indian  chief,  on  the  night 
of  March  13,  1676,  "did  very  familiarly  in  appearance,  call  out  to 
Capt.  Parker  that  was  lodged  in  another  Garrison  house,"  situated 
near  where  Captain  Asa  S.  Lawrence  now  lives. 

John  Nutting  married,  August  28,  1650,  Sarah  Eggleton  [?],  at 
Woburn,  where  a  son  was  born,  who  may  have  been  John,  men- 
tioned below,  and  probably  other  children.  A  daughter,  Mary,  was 
born  January  16,  1656,  at  Chelmsford,  at  which  place  John,  James, 
and  Mary  were  baptized  August  3,  1656  ;  also  Sarah,  born  Janu- 
ary 7,  1660,  and  died  soon  afterward. 

He  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the  town  of  Chelmsford,  and 
he  removed  probably  from  that  town  to  Groton,  where  three  of  his 
children  were  born,  —  Sarah,  May  29,  1663  ;  Ebenezer,  October  23, 
1666  ;  and  Jonathan,  October  17,  1668. 


John  Parish  was  an  original  proprietor  of  the  town, 
and  owned  a  five-acre  right.  He  was  one  of  a  committee  witji 
John  Page  and  Ensign  Lawrence,  chosen  December  23,  1683,  to 
prove  the  proprietors'  title  to  their  land.  In  the  year  1693,  he 
Represented  the  town  in  the  General  Court.  Thomas  Parish,  a  'son 
of  Thomas  Parish,  of  Cambridge,  and  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
College  in  the  class  of  1659,  was  living  in  Groton  at  an  early 
date. 


In  the  early  history  of  Groton,  this  was  the  most 
numerous  family  in  town.  James  Parker  and  Joseph  Parker,  pwb- 
ay?  brothers,  were  original  proprietors,  the  first  named  owning 
a  fifty-acre  right,  and  the  other  a  twenty-acre  right.  James  was  a 
distinguished  man,  and  a  leader  in  all  public  affairs.  A  sketch  of 
his  life  and  a  copy  of  his  will  are  given  in  Mr.  Butler's  "  History  " 
(pages  281-285).  He  was  living  at  Woburn  in  the  year  1640, 
and  he  married,  May  23,  1643,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Long, 
of  Charlestown.  Their  children  were  Elizabeth,  born  March  12, 
1645,  married  -  Gary  ;  Ann,  born  March  5,  1647  ;  John,  born 
February  18,  1649  ;  Sarah,  born  August  29,  1650,  died  next  year  ; 
Joseph,  born,  1651  ;  James,  born  April  15,  1652  ;  Josiah,  born 
1655  ;  Samuel,  born  1656  ;  Joshua,  born  March  13,  1658,  married 
Abigail  (Shattuck)  Morse,  widow  of  Jonathan  Morse  ;  Zechariah, 
born  January  14,  1659  ;  and  Eleazer,  born  November  9,  1660.  He 


248  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

married,  for  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Eunice  (Brooks)  Carter,  widow  of 
Samuel  Carter,  and  had  a  daughter  Sarah,  who  was  born  December 
12,  1697,  after  the  father  had  reached  the  age  of  80  years.  His  six 
oldest  children  were  born  at  Woburn ;  before  coming  to  Groton,  he 
lived  for  a  while  at  Chelmsford,  where  several  others  were  born. 
He  died  in  the  year  1701,  aged  about  84  years.  James's  house  lot 
lay  on  both  sides  of  the  principal  street  in  the  village,  just  south  of 
the  small  stream  which  to  this  day  is  called  James's  Brook,  named 
after  him.  His  house  was  one  of  the  garrisons  during  King  Philip's 
War,  and  it  was  with  Captain  Parker  that  the  Indian  chief,  on  the 
night  of  March  13,  1676,  talked,  as  mentioned  in  Hubbard's  "Nar- 
rative." In  the  assault  made  on  the  town,  July  27,  1694,  his  son 
James  and  Mary,  his  son's  wife,  were  killed  by  the  Indians,  and 
"  several  "  of  their  children  carried  away  captives.  Another  son, 
Josiah,  was  a  captain,  and  served  in  the  war  against  the  Indians  ; 
he  was  in  command  at  Groton,  July  21,  1706,  when  Nathaniel  Healy, 
of  Newton,  one  of  his  company,  was  "waylaid  "  and  slain,  together 
with  Ebenezer  Seger,  also  of  Newton,  "  as  they  were  going  to  Meet- 
ing On  the  Sabbath  day."  A  brother  of  Seger's  was  taken  captive 
at  the  same  time.  Joseph  Parker,  the  other  original  proprietor,  was 
jTrjji.,iiiLy  a  brother  of  James,  and  the  ancestor  of  the  most  numer- 
ous branches  of  the  family  in  this  neighborhood.  He  was  a  large 
landowner  in  Groton,  Chelmsford,  and  Dunstable.  The  town's 
brandmark,  used  probably  for  marking  cattle,  was  approved  by  the 
Governor  and.  magistrates,  on  his  petition  dated  May  31,  1666. 

He  married  Margaret ,  and  had  the  following  children,  born 

at  Chelmsford,  on  the  dates  set  against  their  names  :  Joseph, 
March  30,  1653;  Anna,  February  2,  1655,  died  young;  Mary, 
October  28,  1657  ;  John,  November  4,  1660,  died  October  8,  1661  ; 
Anna,  November  16,  1663  ;  Sarah,  November  16,  1666,  died  Sep- 
tember 15,  1704.  Joseph,  the  father,  died  in  the  year  1690,  leaving 

a  large  estate.     Joseph,  the  son,  married,  first,  Elizabeth ,  and, 

secondly,  November  19,  1684,  Hannah  Blood  ;  he  had  three  chil- 
dren by  his  first  wife,  and  four  by  his  second.  He  died  about  the 
year  1725. 

Isaac  Parker,  of  this  town,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  went  about  the  year  1740. 
He  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians,  April  19,  1746,  and  re- 
mained in  captivity  until  the  following  winter,  when  he  was 
released. 


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This  is  the  most  distinguished  name  in  the  annals 
of  Groton,  and  the  families  bearing  it  have  been  numerous.  Jonas, 
the  progenitor,  was  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Platts)  Prescott,  and 
was  born  at  Lancaster,  in  June,  1648.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  owned  the  mill  in  the  south  part  of  Groton,  now  within 
the  limits  of  Harvard.  It  is  said  that  a  grant  of  land  made  by  the 
town,  about  the  year  1675,  when  it  was  much  in  need  of  a  black- 
smith, induced  him  to  remove  nearer  to  the  village.  He  built  a 
house  and  shop  on  the  lot,  which  was  situated  on  the  easterly  side 
of  James's  Brook,  perhaps  a  third  of  a  mile  south  of  Lawrence 
Academy.  He  bought  lands,  until  he  became  one  of  the  largest 
owners  of  real  estate  in  the  town.  Two  years  ago,  a  piece  of  wall 
was  removed,  which  separated  a  part  of  this  lot  from  the  highway, 
near  where  it  forks  from  the  Boston  road,  and  which  contained  a 
stone  bearing  this  inscription  :  — 

I.  P. 

1680 

Rebuilt  by 
O.  P. 

1784 

Rebuilt  by 
S.  J.  Park 

1841. 

The  initials  I.  P.  are  those  of  Jonas  Prescott,  and  O.  P.  those  of 
his  grandson,  Dr.  Oliver  Prescott. 

Jonas  married,  December  14,  1672,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Draper)  Loker,  of  Sudbury,  and  they  had  four  sons  and 
eight  daughters.  Two  of  the  sons  died  young,  but  all  the  other 
children  lived  to  grow  up  and  have  families.  The  eight 
daughters,  with  one  exception,  married  Groton  men,  and  were 
blessed  with  a  numerous  offspring.  Jonas  filled  many  important 
positions  in  the  town,  and  represented  it  in  the  General  Court  dur- 
ing the  years  1699  and  1705  ;  he  died  December  31,  1723,  aged  75 
years. 

His  youngest  son,  Benjamin,  was  a  man  of  strong  character  and 
commanding  appearance,  and  like  his  father  filled  many  places  of 
usefulness.  He  married,  June  n,  1718,  Abigail,  daughter  of  the 
Honorable  Thomas  and  Mary  (Wilson)  Oliver,  of  Cambridge,  and 


250  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

they  had  three  sons  and  four  daughters.  He  lived  on  the  old 
homestead,  where  he  died  August  3,  1735,  at  the  age  of  42  years, 
after  a  short  illness  caused  by  over-exertion  while  haying.  His 
three  sons  were  all  remarkable  men,  and  exerted  much  influence  in 
shaping  public  affairs  during  an  important  period. 

James,  the  eldest  son,  represented  the  town  in  the  General  Court, 
as  his  father  and  grandfather  had  done  before  him  ;  was  a  member 
of  the  Senate  and  of  the  Executive  Council.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  Revolution,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Congress  and 
of  the  Board  of  War,  and  subsequently  Sheriff  of  Middlesex 
County,  and  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  He  died 
February  15,  1800,  aged  79  years. 

William,  the  second  son,£ettied  cm.  a  larae  estate  owned  by  his 
father,  in  that  part  of  Groton/eqfed  tfae  tanre,  jet&v  included  in 
Pepperell.  He  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  expedition  sent  in  the  year 
1755  to  remove  the  French  Neutrals  from  Nova  Scotia,  and  a  Colo- 
nel of  Minute  Men  enrolled  in  this  neighborhood  in  the  year  1774. 
As  commander  of  the  American  forces  at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
June  17,  1775,  his  name  will  never  be  forgotten.  In  subsequent 
years,  at  various  times  he  filled  the  offices  of  town  clerk,  select- 
man, and  representative  in  the  General  Court.  He  was  the  father 
of  William  Prescott,  the  lawyer  and  jurist,  and  the  grandfather  of 
William  H.  Prescott,  the  distinguished  historian.  He  died  October 
13,  1795,  aged  69  years,  and  was  buried  at  Pepperell ;  his  widow 
died  .October  21,  1821,  at  the  advanced  age  of  88  years. 

On  the  opposite  page  is  a  representation  of  the  monument  in  the 
Pepperell  Burying  Ground,  erected  to  their  memory.  It  consists  of 
a  thick  slate  slab,  resting  on  a  solid  granite  foundation. 

Oliver,  the  third  and  youngest  son,  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege, in  the  class  of  1750,  and  studied  the  profession  of  medicine, 
in  which  he  afterward  had  a  wide  reputation  and  an  extensive  prac- 
tice. He  was  town  clerk  during  thirteen  years,  and  selectman 
during  thirty-two  years.  Before  the  Revolution,  he  held  the  re- 
spective offices  of  Major,  Lieutenant-colonel,  Colonel,  and  General, 
in  the  militia.  Subsequently,  in 'the  year  1778,  he  was  appointed 
third  Major  General  of  the  militia,  and  in  1781  second  Major 
General ;  but  soon  afterward  he  resigned  the  position,  on  account 
of  ill  health.  He  was  a  Justice  throughout  the  Commonwealth,  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  War,  a  member  of  the  Council  of  Massa- 
chusetts until  he  declined  the  office,  and,  in  the  year  1779,  was 


APPENDIX.  251 


appointed  Judge  of  Probate,  and  continued  as  such  until  his 
death.  He  took  an  active  part  in  suppressing  Shays's  Rebellion, 
which  had  many  supporters  in  this  neighborhood.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  Trustees  of  Groton  Academy,  and  the  first  President 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  He  was  a  member  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  of  various  medical  societies. 
He  died  November  17,  1804,  aged  73  years. 

J3scJtt£lL  A  family  of  this  name  settled  in  Groton  about  the 
beginning  of  the  last  century.  It  is  said  to  be  distinct  from  the 
Sawtells,  who  were  here  before  them,  though  it  is  not  improbable 
that  they  both  came  from  the  same  stock.  The  head  of  the  family 
was  Nathaniel,  and  he  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  Na- 
thaniel, the  elder  son,  lived  at  Charlestown,  and  was  a  mariner. 
He  sailed  on  a  voyage,  and  was  never  afterward  heard  from. 
Josiah,  the  second  son,  lived  in  Groton,  and  was  the  last  rep- 
resentative of  the  town  to  the  General  Court,  under  the  charter 
of  William  and  Mary.  By  his  will,  dated  September  3,  1775,  he 
bequeathed  to  the  town  and  church  three  farms  and  some  other 
property,  of  which  the  proceeds  constitute  the  greater  part  of  the 
present  Groton  Ministerial  Fund.  He  was  buried  in  the  old  Bury- 
ing Ground.  Some  years  ago,  his  gravestone  wa's  taken  to  the  new 
cemetery,  and  the  following  is  a  copy  of  the  inscription  on  it :  — 

JOSIAH  SARTELL  ESQ. 

died  Aug?  30**  1784.  aged  74 

MARY  SARTELL  his  widow,  died 

March.  30**  1790.  aged  80. 
and  their  Children  who  died  in  minority 

NATHANIEL  SARTELL  ESQ.  his 
father,  who  died  Jan^  16^  1741.  aged  60 
ABIGAIL  GREEN  her  sister,  who 
died  Decf   20^  1790.  aged  83. 

and  other  relations. 

From  death's  arrest  no  age  is  free. 

T1 (M  4  ( lln   niil  r 1 In  Mnlli  mill 


His  widow,  Mary,  also  made  a  bequest  to  the  church.  The 
following  is  the  first  clause  in  her  will,  which  is  dated  November 
28,  1789,  and  on  file  in  the  Middlesex  Probate  Office  at  East 
Cambridge  :  — 


252  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


"I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  first  church  in  the  Town  of  Groton  aforesaid 
my  Silver  Tankard,  and  the  sum  of  Fifteen  pounds  Lawfull  money,  to  be  for  the 
use  of  said  Church  Forever  " 


Richard  Sawtell,  the  ancestor  of  numerous  families 
bearing  this  name,  was  an  original  proprietor  of  Groton,  and  the 
possessor  of  a  twenty-acre  right.  Two  of  his  sons  were  also 
original  proprietors,  Jonathan  having  a  five-acre  right,  and  Zecha- 
riah  a  ten-acre  right.  He  came  here  from  Watertown,  where  he 
was  living  as  early  as  the  year  1636.  He  was  town  clerk  of 
Groton  in  1662  and  the  two  subsequent  years.  He  died  August 
21,  1694,  at  Watertown,  where  he  went,  doubtless,  in  the  spring  of 
1676,  after  the  destruction  of  this  town  by  the  Indians.  In  his 
will,  dated  May  16,  1692,  he  mentions  his  wife  Elizabeth.  She 
died  October  18,  1694.  They  had  a  large  family,  born  probably 
at  Watertown,  three  of  whom,  Obadiah,  Jonathan,  and  Zechariah, 
lived  at  Groton.  Obadiah,  the  eldest,  married  Hannah,  daughter 
of  George  Lawrence,  had  Abigail,  born  March  13,  1665-6,  and 
probably  Obadiah.  Jonathan,  born  August  24,  1639,  married, 
July  3,  1665,  Mary  -  ,  and  had  six  children,  of  whom  Jonathan, 
the  youngest,  was  born  April  6,  1676,  at  Watertown.  Jonathan,  the 
father,  died  January  6,  1690-1,  and  his  wife,  April  26,  1676,  a  few 
days  after  the  birth  of  her  youngest  son.  Zechariah,  born  about  the 
year  1644,  married  -  ,  and  had  Anna,  born  March  14,  1673-4, 
and  probably  Nathaniel. 

This  family  is  largely  represented  at  Charlestown,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  the  name  is  spelled  Sartwell.  This  branch  sprang 
from  Obadiah,  an  early  settler  of  that  town,  who  went  from 
Groton  about  the  year  1740.  He  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  In- 
dians, May  24,  1746,  and  was  held  until  August  20,  1747-  He 
finally  met  his  death  at  their  hands,  June  17,  1749,  being  attacked 
while  ploughing  in  his  cornfield,  without  suspecting  any  danger. 

In  the  printed  "  Journal  "  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  June 
1  6,  1738,  is  found 

"  A  Petition  of  Josiah  Sartell,  shewing  that  he  was  a  Soldier  in  the  Service 
of  the  Province  for  sundry  Years,  and  was  in  divers  Fights  against  the  Indian 
Enemy,  wherein  many  of  them  were  slain,  and  he  himself  was  wounded  in  some 
of  the  Engagements,  that  he  has  received  nothing  in  Consideration  of  his  Smart 
and  Services,  but  the  established  Pay,  that  he  has  a  large  Family,  and  under  low 
Circumstances  ;  that  he  lately  presumed  for  want  of  Lands  and  Means  of  pur- 
chasing, to  go  upon  some  of  the  Province  Land  on  the  West  side  of  Connecticut 


APPENDIX.  253 


River,  adjoining  to  Northfield,  a  new  Canada  Town  and  some  Farms,  has  built 
a  small  House  thereon,  and  improved  some  of  the  Lands  there,  praying  that  he 
may  obtain  a  Grant,  or  be  allowed  to  purchase  such  Part  of  the  Province  Land 
there,  as  the  Court  shall  think  convenient  in  Consideration  of  the  Premisses. 
Read  and  Ordered,  That  the  Petition  be  considered  on  Tuesday  the  2oth 
Instant." 

It  was  voted  June  22,  that  one  hundred  acres  of  the  unappro- 
priated lands  of  the  Province  be  granted  the  petitioner,  and,  in  the 
record  of  this  date,  the  name  is  spelled  Joseph  Sautell. 

In  the  same  "Journal,"  June  13,  1759,  there  is 

"A  Petition  of  David  Sartwell  of  Groton,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  set- 
ting forth,  that  his  Son  Abel  Sartwell,  went  forth  in  the  Expedition  against 
Canada  the  last  Year;  that  near  Half -Way- Brook  (so  called)  he  was  in  an 
Engagement  with  the  Enemy,  and  killed  ;  that  his  Gun  was  then  lost ;  he 
therefore  prays  the  Stoppage  may  be  taken  off,  and  the  Treasurer  be  directed 
to  allow  him  the  three  Pounds  mentioned." 

,5sl)tlttUCfe.  John  Shattuck  is  the  ancestor  of  all  the  families 
in  Groton  and  its  neighborhood,  who  bear  this  name.  He  was  the 
son  of  William  and  Susanna  Shattuck,  of  Watertown,  where  he 
himself  was  born,  February  u,  1647.  He  married,  June  20,  1664, 
Ruth,  daughter  of  John,  Jr.,  and  Ruth  Whitney,  who  was  born 
April  15,  1645,  at  Watertown.  About  the  time  of  his  marriage, 
lands  in  Groton  were  granted  him,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he 
ever  was  an  inhabitant  of  the  town.  In  King  Philip's  War,  he  was 
a  sergeant  of  a  military  company  raised  in  Watertown  to  protect  the 
remote  settlements  in  the  Connecticut  valley.  On  one  of  the 
marches  the  company  was  attacked  by  the  Indians,  and  more  than 
one  half  of  the  command  were  slain.  Sergeant  Shattuck  was  de- 
puted to  bear  the  news  of  the  affair  to  the  Governor  of  the  colony, 
and,  on  his  way,  while  crossing  the  ferry  between  Charlestown  and 
Boston,  September  14,  1675,  the  boat  was  sunk,  and  he  was 
drowned.  His  widow  afterward  married  Enosh  Lawrence.  In  the 
year  1678,  the  date  of  the  re-settlement  of  the  town,  Lawrence  and 
his  wife  removed  to  Groton,  bringing  with  them  the  four  young 
children  of  her  first  husband,  all  born  at  Watertown.  They  prob- 
ably occupied  the  land  previously  granted  to  John  Shattuck,  which 
was  situated  in  the  north  part  of  the  town.  The  children  were 
John,  born  June  4,  1666,  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of  James 
and  Elizabeth  (Longley)  Blood;  Ruth,  born  June  24,  1668,  and 
married,  probably,  Jonathan  Farnsworth ;  William,  born  September 


254  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

n,  1670,  and  married,  first,  Hannah  Underwood,  and,  secondly, 
Deliverance  Pease;  and  Samuel,  who  married  Elizabeth  Blood,  a 
sister  of  his  brother  John's  wife. 

The  eldest  of  these  children,  John  Shattuck,  and  his  son,  John, 
Jr.,  a  young  man  in  the  nineteenth  year  of  his  age,  were  murdered 
by  the  Indians,  May  8,  1709.  They  were  attacked,  as  they  were 
crossing  the  Nashua  River,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Stony  Ford-way, 
near  the  present  site  of  Hollingsworth's  paper  mills,  while  return- 
ing from  the  west  side  of  the  river,  where  Mr.  Shattuck  owned 
land. 

A  remarkable  fatality  seems  to  have  followed  Mrs.  Shattuck's 
kindred.  Her  husband  and  eldest  son  were  killed  by  the  Indians, 
as  has  just  been  mentioned.  Her  father,  James  Blood,  was  like- 
wise killed  September  13,  1692.  So  also  were  her  uncle,  William 
Longley,  his  wife  and  five  children,  July  27,  1694,  and  three  other 
of  their  children  were  carried  away  into  captivity  at  the  same  time. 
A  distant  relative,  James  Parker,  Jr.,  and  his  wife  were  killed  in  this 
assault,  and  their  children  taken  prisoners.  Her  stepfather,  Enosh 
Lawrence,  received  a  wound  in  an  engagement  with  the  Indians, 
probably  in  the  same  attack  of  July  27,  1694,  which  almost  wholly 
prevented  him  from  earning  a  livelihood  for  himself  and  family. 
The  three  Tarbell  children,  who  were  carried  off  to  Canada  by  the 
Indians,  June  20,  1707,  were  cousins  of  Mrs.  Shattuck.  John 
Ames,  the  father-in-law  of  her  niece,  Ruth  (Shattuck)  Ames,  was 
shot  by  the  savages  at  the  gate  of  his  own  garrison,  July  9,  1724. 
And  lastly,  her  son-in-law,  Isaac  Lakin,  the  husband  of  her  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth,  was  wounded  in  Lovewell's  fight  at  Pigwacket,  May 
8,  1725.  These  calamities  covered  a  period  of  only  one  generation, 
extending  from  the  year  1692  to  1725. 


This  has  been  a  common  name  in  Groton,  from  an 
early  date.  The  first  settler  who  bore  it,  and  all  his  family,  ex- 
cepting a  son  John,  were  massacred  by  the  Indians.  The  sad 
event  took  place  in  the  assault  on  the  town,  July  27,  1694,  when 
his  house  was  burned,  and  the  boy  John  carried  off  into  captivity 
by  the  savages,  and  held  during  several  years.  The  knowledge 
which  he  obtained  of  their  language  and  customs  while  a  prisoner 
was  of  much  use  to  him  in  dealing  with  them  in  after-life.  Tradi- 
tion relates  that,  when  buying  furs  and  skins  of  the  Indians,  he 
used  to  put  his  foot  in  one  scale  of  the  balance  instead  of  a  pound 


APPENDIX.  255 


weight.  In  the  summer  of  1704,  while  he  and  thirteen  other  men 
were  reaping  in  a  field  at  Groton,  they  were  attacked  by  about 
twenty  Indians.  After  some  skirmishing,  Shepley  and  one  of  his 
comrades,  Butterfield  by  name,  succeeded  in  killing  one  of  the 
assailants,  for  which  act  they  were  allowed  each  four  pounds  by  the 
Government.  He  is  the  direct  ancestor  of  the  late  Honorable  Ether 
Shepley,  formerly  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State 
of  Maine,  and  of  General  George  F.  Shepley,  now  a  Justice  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  the  First  Circuit  of  the  United  States. 

John  Shepley,  who  lived  at  Wenham,  was  prnhnhlr  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  Groton  family.  He  removed  to  Chelmsford  in  the 
year  1656,  at  the  time  the  Reverend  Mr.  Fiske  took  a  majority  of 
his  church  to  that  town. 


This  has  been  a  common  name  for  nearly  two  centu- 
ries, and  the  families  bearing  it  have  lived  in  the  south  part  of  the 
town.  Deacon  Simon  Stone  was  an  original  proprietor,  owning  an 
eighteen-acre  right.  He  was  the  oldest  of  the  children  of  Deacon 
Simon  and  Mary  (Whipple)  Stone,  of  Watertown.  Perhaps  he  is 
the  person  referred  to  by  Mather  (Magnalia,  vii.  74),  who  was 
severely  wounded  by  the  Indians,  July  4,  1690,  at  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire.  Simon  Stone  and  John  Stone,  mentioned  in  the 
distribution  of  garrisons,  March  17,  1691-2,  were  probably  father 
and  son.  Simon  married  Sarah  -  ,  and  it  is  probable  that  several 
of  his  children  were  born  before  he  came  to  Groton,  as  their  births 
are  not  recorded  in  the  town  records.  Among  these  were  John  and 
Simon,  Jr.,  who  were  often  chosen  town  officers  ;  James,  a  son  of 
Simon,  Jr.,  was  a  deacon  in  the  church. 


Thomas  Tarbell,  the  ancestor  of  this  family,  sold 
his  house  and  land  in  Watertown  in  the  year  1663,  and  about  the 
same  time  removed  to  Groton.  He  and  Thomas,  Jr.,  were  original 
proprietors  of  the  town,  the  father  owning  a  twenty-acre  right,  and 
the  son  a  six-acre  right.  The  name  is  sometimes  written  Tar- 
bole.  He  married  Mary  -  ,  and  had  Elizabeth,  born  January  5, 
1656-7,  and  William,  born  February  26,  1658-9,  both  at  Water- 
town.  The  names  of  two  other  children,  Thomas,  Jr.,  and  Abigail, 
do  not  appear  in  the  town  records  of  Watertown,  and  they  probably 
were  born  before  he  settled  in  that  town.  He  was  one  of  four 
men,  to  whom  twenty  acres  of  land  were  granted  by  the  town  of 


256  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 

Groton,  in  the  year  1665,  on  condition  that  they  should  build  a 
grist-mill.  At  the  outbreak  of  King  Philip's  War,  he  went  to 
Charlestown,  where  he  married,  for  the  second  time,  August  15, 
1676,  Susanna,  widow  of  John  Lawrence,  Jr.  He  died  at  Charles- 
town  as  early  as  the  beginning  of  1681,  and  his  widow  at  the  same 
place,  January  5,  1692.  Thomas  Tarbell,  Jr.,  married,  June,  30, 
1666,  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna  Longley,  and  had 
four  children.  He  died  in  the  autumn  of  1678,  and  administration 
on  his  estate  was  granted  his  widow,  December  18,  1678.  Thomas 
Tarbell,  3d,  eldest  child  of  the  preceding  Thomas,  married,  Decem- 
ber i,  1686,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Isabel  Blood,  and 
had  ten  children.  He  was  town  clerk  of  Groton  in  the  years  1704 
and  1705.  He  lived  on  what  is  now  known  as  Farmers'  Row,  a 
short  distance  south  of  the  Lawrence  Farm.  He  was  probably  the 
"Corp0  Tarboll,"  who  commanded,  in  the  autumn  of  1711,  one  of 
the  eighteen  garrisons  in  the  town.  Three  of  his  children,  Sarah, 
John,  and  Zachariah,  were  carried  off  by  the  Indians,  June  20, 
1707,  and  never  came  back  to  remain.  They  were  picking  cherries 
early  one  evening  —  so  tradition  relates  —  and  were  taken  before 
they  had  time  to  get  down  from  the  tree.  They  were  carried  to 
Canada,  where,  it  would  seem,  they  were  treated  kindly,  as  no 
inducement  was  strong  enough  afterward  to  make  them  return. 
The  girl  was  sold  to  the  French,  and  placed  in  a  convent  near 
Montreal ;  the  boys  remained  with  their  captors  at  Caughnawaga, 
an  Indian  village  near  Montreal,  and  subsequently  married  squaws 
and  became  chiefs  of  their  tribe.  Their  case  was  brought  before 
the  Council  and  House  of  Representatives,  April  20,  1739,  in 
Boston,  by  Governor  Belcher,  when  he  made  a  speech,  in  which 
he  said  that  — 

"  There  are  lately  come  from  Canada  some  Persons  that  were  taken  by  the 
Indians  from  Groton  above  thirty  Years  ago,  who  (its  believed)  may  be  induced 
to  return  into  this  Province,  on  your  giving  them  some  proper  Encouragement  : 
If  this  Matter  might  be  effected,  I  should  think  it  would  be  not  only  an  Act  of 
Compassion  in  order  to  release  them  from  the  Errors  and  Delusions  of  the 
Romish  Faith  ;  but  their  living  among  us  might,  in  Time  to  come,  be  of  great 
Advantage  to  the  Province." 

The  matter  was  referred  to  a  committee,  but  no  definite  result 
was  reached.  Nearly  forty  years  after  their  capture,  Governor 
Hutchinson  met  them  in  New  York  State,  and  refers  to  them 
thus :  — 


APPENDIX.  257 


"  I  saw  at  Albany  two  or  three  men,  in  the  year  1744,  who  came  in  with  the 
Indians  to  trade,  and  who  had  been  taken  at  Groton  in  this,  that  is  called 

Queen   Ann's  war.      One  of   them  Tarbell,  was  said  to  be  one  of   the 

wealthiest  of  the  Cagnawaga  tribe.  He  made  a  visit  in  his  Indian  dress  and 
with  his  Indian  complexion  (for  by  means  of  grease  and  paints  but  little  differ- 
ence could  be  discerned)  to  his  relations  at  Groton,  but  had  no  inclination  to 
remain  there."  —  Hutchinson's  "History  of  Massachusetts,"  ii.  139. 

Some  years  after  this  time,  these  two  boys  —  now  grown  up  to 
manhood,  and  occupying  the  position  of  chiefs  —  moved  up  the 
St.  Lawrence  River,  accompanied  by  several  others,  all  with  their 
families,  and  established  the  little  village  of  St.  Regis. 

In  the  month  of  July  last,  I  visited  the  place,  and  was  interested 
to  learn  from  the  parish  priest  that  the  descendants  of  these  two 
boys  were  among  the  prominent  families  of  the  settlement,  where 
there  are  perhaps  forty  persons  who  bear  the  name.  They  keep 
up  in  a  great  measure  the  same  given  names  that  are  common 
among  their  collateral  kindred  in  this  town.  While  in  Montreal,  I 
procured,  through  the  kindness  of  the  Mother  Superior  at  the  Con- 
gregation of  Notre  Dame,  the  record  of  Sarah's  baptism,  of  which 
the  following  is  a  translation  :  — 

"On  Monday,  July  23,  1708,  the  ceremony  of  baptism  was  performed  on 
Sarah  Tarbell,  who  was  born  at  Groton  in  New  England,  October  9,  1693.  Her 
parents  were  Thomas  Tarbell  and  Elizabeth  Wood,  both  Protestants,  and  she 
was  baptized  by  the  minister  shortly  after  her  birth.  Having  been  taken  by  the 
savages  on  Monday,  June  20,  1707,  she  was  brought  to  Canada  ;  she  has  since 
been  sold  and  has  lived  with  the  Sisters  of  the  Congregation  of  Notre  Dame, 
established  at  Lachine,  where  she  abjured  her  religion  on  May  i.  Her  god- 
father was  M.  Jacques  Urbain  Robert  de  Lamorandiere,  Secretary  of  M. 
1'Intendant ;  and  her  godmother  was  Madame  Marguerite  Bonat,  wife  of  M. 
Etienne  Pascaud,  the  deputy  treasurer  of  the  King,  in  this  country. 
Her  name  Sarah  has  been  changed  to  Marguerite. 

[Signed]  MGTE  BONAT, 

PASCAUD, 
LAMORANDIERE, 
MERIEL,  PRETRE." 

Thomas  Tarbell,  the  father  of  these  children,  made  his  will  Sep- 
tember 26,  1715,  which  was  admitted  to  probate  six  weeks  later. 
After  making  certain  bequests  to  different  members  of  his  family, 
he  says  :  — 

"  all  the  rest  &  residue  of  my  Reall  Estate  I  give  to  be  Equally  divided  be- 
tween my  three  children,  John,  Zachary,  &  Sarah  Tarbell,  upon  their  return 
from  Captivity,  or  In  Proportion  unto  any  of  them  that  shall  return,  &  the  rest, 
or  the  parts  belonging  to  them  that  do  not  return,  shall  be  Equally  divided 
among  the  rest  of  my  children." 


258  GROTON    EPITAPHS. 

In  the  printed  "  Journal  "  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
for  April  22,  1746,  there  is  found  "A  Petition  of  William  Tarbell 
of  Groton,  a  Soldier  wounded  in  the  Service  of  the  Province,  pray- 
ing a  Consideration  therefor."  This  petitioner  was  a  nephew  of 
the  captives. 


John  Tinker,  one  of  the  original  selectmen  appointed 
by  the  General  Court,  was  living  as  early  as  the  year  1643,  at 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  afterward  at  Boston.  He  was  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Lancaster,  where  he  was  a  selectman  and  town 
clerk.  At  one  time  he  bought  of  the  Government  the  right  to  trade 
in  furs  at  Nashaway  [Lancaster]  and  Groton.  He  subsequently 
removed  to  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  died  suddenly,  in  Octo- 
ber, 1662,  at  Hartford. 

(TJTlttttljtOp.  Deane  VVinthrop,  whose  name  stands  at  the 
head  of  the  earliest  list  of  selectmen  appointed  by  the  General 
Court,  was  a  son  of  Governor  John  Winthrop,  of  Massachusetts, 
and  a  native  of  Groton,  England.  It  was  in  compliment  to  him 
that  the  name  of  his  birthplace  was  given  to  this  town.  The  fol- 
lowing letter,  written  by  a  distinguished  representative  of  his  family, 
will  be  read  with  interest  :  — 

BOSTON,  27  February,  1878. 

MY  DEAR  DR.  GREEN,  —  It  would  give  me  real  pleasure  to  aid  you  in  estab- 
lishing the  relations  of  Deane  Winthrop  to  the  town  of  Groton  in  Massachu- 
setts. But  there  are  only  three  or  four  letters  of  Deane's  among  the  family 
papers  in  my  possession,  and  not  one  of  them  is  dated  Groton.  Nor  can  I  find 
in  any  of  the  family  papers  a  distinct  reference  to  his  residence  there. 

There  are,  however,  two  brief  notes  of  his,  both  dated  "  the  16  of  Decem- 
ber, 1662,"  which  I  cannot  help  thinking  may  have  been  written  at  Groton.  One 
of  them  is  addressed  to  his  brother  John,  the  Governor  of  Connecticut,  who  was 
then  in  London,  on  business  connected  with  the  Charter  of  Connecticut.  In 
this  note,  Deane  says  as  follows  :  — 

"  I  have  some  thoughts  of  removing  from  the  place  that  I  now  live  in,  into 
j'our  Colony,  if  I  could  lit  of  a  convenient  place.  The  place  that  I  now  live 
in  is  too  little  for  me,  my  children  now  growing  up." 

We  know  that  Deane  Winthrop  was  at  the  head  of  the  first  Board  of  Select- 
men of  Groton  a  few  years  earlier,  and  that  he  went  to  reside  at  Pullen  Point, 
now  called  Winthrop,  not  many  years  after. 

I  am  strongly  inclined  to  think  with  you  that  this  note  of  December,  1662, 
was  written  at  Groton. 

Yours  very  truly, 

ROBT.  C.  WINTHROP. 

SAMUEL  A.  GREEN,  M.D. 


APPENDIX.  259 


£2JJltt.  John  Witt  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the  plantation 
of  Groton  ;  but  he  probably  never  was  an  inhabitant  of  the  town. 
As  early  as  the  year  1650  he  was  a  resident  of  Lynn,  where  he  died 
December  2,  1675. 


Samuel  Woods  was  an  original  proprietor  of  Groton, 
and  owned  an  eleven-acre  right.  He  is  the  ancestor  of  most  of 
the  families  in  this  neighborhood,  bearing  the  name.  Two  of  his 
grandchildren,  Thomas  Woods  and  Daniel  Woods,  were  with  Cap- 
tain John  Lovewell,  in  his  famous  fight  with  the  Indians,  May  8, 
1725,  and  both  were  killed.  Henry  Woods,  a  great-grandson,  was 
in  an  expedition  up  the  Kennebec  River,  in  the  summer  of  1755. 
At  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  he  was  a  Major  under  Colonel 
William  Prescott,  and  subsequently  promoted  to  a  colonelcy  ;  after 
the  war  he  was  a  general  of  the  militia. 


260  GROTON   EPITAPHS. 


SOME    INSTANCES    OF     LARGE     FAMILIES     AND    OF 
LONG-LIVED   PERSONS    IN   GROTON. 


THE  following  are  some  instances  of  large  families,  reared  in 
Groton,  between  the  years  1700  and  1800.  The  maiden  names  of 
the  mothers,  so  far  as  they  are  known,  are  given  within  paren- 
theses :  — 

Robert  and  Deborah  Parker  had  sixteen  children.  Ebenezer 
and  Abigail  Blood,  Joseph  and  Abigail  (Sawtell)  Parker,  Jonathan 
and  Ruth  Farnsworth,  and  Oliver  and  Sarah  (Tarbell)  Farnsworth 
were  blessed,  each  couple,  with  families  of  fourteen  children. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Parker,  named  above,  "left  two  Hundred  or  up- 
wards of  Children  &  Grandchildren,"  according  to  the  inscription 
on  her  grave-stone.  She  died  February  19,  1787,  in  the  goth  year 
of  her  age. 

Jonas  and  Jemima  (Holden)  Green  were  the  happy  parents  of 
ten  children,  all  born  within  a  period  of  less  than  eleven  years, 
and  among  them  were  twins  and  triplets.  By  a  second  marriage, 
Jonas  became  the  father  of  nine  more  children. 

Elisha  and  Elizabeth  (Adams)  Rockwood  were  favored  with 
thirteen  children.  Isaac  and  Priscilla  (Dodge)  Bowers,  John  and 
Ruth  Frost,  Jonathan  and  Esther  (Shedd)  Lawrence,  Nathaniel 
and  Elizabeth  (Page)  Nutting,  John  and  Elizabeth  (Nutting)  Nut- 
ting, Joseph  and  Mary  (Prescott)  Stone,  Captain  John  and  Molly 
(Everett)  Williams,  and  Nathaniel  and  Alice  Woods  were  each  the 
parents  of  twelve  children. 

Some  remarkable  cases  of  longevity  and  of  regular  succession  of 
deaths,  in  this  town,  during  one  year,  are  given  in  the  Groton 
"Spirit  of  the  Times,"  for  July  26,  1848.  The  list  was  furnished 
by  Mr.  Butler,  and  is  as  follows  :  — 

Molly,  widow  of  Amos  Stone,  died  May  13,  1847,  aged  94  years 
and  i  month. 


APPENDIX.  26l 


Abigail,  widow  of  John  Lawrence,  died  July  10,  1847,  aged  93 
years  and  9  months. 

Mary,  widow  of  John  Capell,  died  September  6,  1847,  aged  93 
years,  4  months  and  25  days. 

Major  Amos  Farnsworth  died  October  19,  1847,  aged  93  years, 

6  months  and  i  day. 

Elizabeth,  his  widow,  died  December  n,  1847,  aged  90  years, 

7  months  and  24  days. 

Lucy,  widow  of  Deacon  Samuel  Rockwood,  died  May  12,  1848, 
aged  90  years,  8  months  and  23  days. 

All  the  above-named  persons,  with  the  exception  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Capell,  were  natives  of  Groton,  and  each  one  of  the  six  de- 
cedents was,  at  the  date  of  death,  the  oldest  person  in  town. 


It  is  interesting  to  note  the  changes  that  have  occurred  in  bap- 
tismal names  within  a  few  generations.  In  the  early  days  of  New 
England,  certain  names  that  now  sound  uncouth  to  the  ear  were  in 
common  use  in  every  community.  They  were  taken  largely  from 
the  Bible,  which  was,  perhaps,  the  only  book  universally  read  at 
that  time.  Zerubbabel  Kemp  was  living  in  Groton  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  last  century,  and  he  gave  the  name  to  one  of  his 
sons,  who  lived  to  grow  up,  notwithstanding  the  infliction.  Me- 
phibosheth  Adams  was  a  resident  of  the  west  parish  of  Groton  a 
hundred  and  fifty  years  ago,  but  he  spared  his  own  boys.  A  class 
of  names,  common  in  the  last  century,  and  representing  abstract 
qualities,  such  as  Faith,  Hope,  Charity,  Temperance,  Prudence, 
and  Virtue,  have  now  entirely  disappeared.  The  good  old  names 
of  Molly,  Polly,  Dolly,  and  Sally  are  never  seen  in  their  original 
spelling ;  Susie  is  considered  a  better  form  than  Sukey,  and  Bessie 
is  preferred  to  Betty. 

The  name  of  Gabriel  Lakin,  of  Groton,  was  kept  up  through 
several  generations,  and  the  name  of  Sibyl  was  in  common  use 
in  the  same  family.  John  Frost,  perhaps  a  kinsman  of  the 
well-known  "  Jack  Frost,"  had,  among  his  twelve  children,  a  son 
called  Scripture.  His  eldest  daughter  was  Jemima,  and  his 
three  youngest  were  named  respectively  Tryphena,  Patience,  and 
Submit. 


262 


GROTON     EPITAPHS. 


Mr.  Butler,  in  the  genealogical  Appendix  to  his  "  History " 
(page  394),  mentions  the  family  of  "John  Darby  and  Mar)%" 
and  in  the  next  page  gives  that  of  "John  Derbyshire  and  Mary," 
as  if  they  were  different  families.  They  were,  however,  undoubt- 
edly one  and  the  same.  This  view  is  confirmed  by  the  name  of 
the  wife,  the  dates  of  the  birth  of  the  children,  and  the  tendency 
in  former  times  to  cut  words  short.  Before  coming  to  Groton, 
John  lived  at  Dunstable,  where  other  children  were  born.  I  have 
seen  his  signature,  and  he  wrote  it  Darbyshire. 


I  N  DEX 


NAMES   OF   PERSONS   WHOSE   EPITAPHS   ARE 
GIVEN   IN  THIS   BOOK. 


"F?OR  convenience  in  finding  any  desired  grave-stone,  this  Index  refers 
by  numeral  letters  to  the  four  sections  of   the  Ground,  as  shown 
in  the  following  diagram.      The  north  and  south  line,  marked  by  dots, 
is  imaginary. 


DIAGRAM  OF  THE   BURYING  GROUND. 


Section.  Page 

Abbott,  Mary  Ann    ...  I.  .  .  174 

Abbott,  Prudence      .     .     .  I.  .  .165 

Adams,  Eliza I.  .  .  216 

Adams,  Frederick     ...  I.  .  .  216 

Allan,  Isaac II.  .  .     64 

Allen,  Joseph If.  .  .   150 

Allen,  Mary II.  .  .151 

Amaes,  Deborah .     .     .     .  III.  .  .     87 

Ames,  Charls II.  .  .  133 

Ames,  Lydia III.  .  .  188 

Ames,  Mial IV.  .  .     92 

Ames,  Molley      ....  IV.  .  .    64 


Section.        Page 

Ames,  Nathan 

.     III.     .     .   lor 

Ames,  Nathan     .     .     . 

.     III.     .     .  211 

Ames,  Robert 

.     IV.     .     .     99 

Ames,  Ruth    .... 

.     IV.     .     .   163 

Ames,  Sarah   .... 

.     IV.     .    62,  64 

Ames,  Simeon 

.    III.     .     .     38 

Andrew,  Aaron    .     .     . 

.     IV.     218,  234 

Andrew,  Mary     . 

.     IV.     .     .  218 

Andrew,  Mary     .     .     . 

.     IV.     .     .  218 

Andrews,  Hannah     . 

.    III.     .     .  185 

Andrews,  Ithamar    .     . 

.    III.     .     .  185 

Archibald,  JLbenezer  C. 

I.       .       .    220 

264 


INDEX. 


Archibald  Henry  Adams  . 

Section. 
I.     . 

Page 

.    214 

Boit,  John  

Section. 
.      11.     . 

Page 

.    211 

I      . 

II. 

I.     . 

.    214 

Boit,  Rebecca  .... 

.      II.     . 

.     184 

Boit,  William  .... 

.      II.     . 

.    184 

III.     . 

Bowen,  Peter  .... 

.     IV.     . 

.  isS 

Ball    Hepzibath  .          .     . 

II.     . 

.  161 

Bovven,  Sylvia  T. 

.     IV.     . 

.  i?8 

Bancroft,  Abel     .... 
Bancroft,  Agness     .     .     . 
Bancroft,  Agness  S.      .     . 
Bancroft   Alice    .... 

IV.     . 
IV.     . 
IV.     . 
IV.     . 

•     94 
.  176 

.    222 

.       87 

Bowers,  Benjamin    . 
Bowers,  Hannah       .     . 
Bowers,  Isaac      .    .     . 
Bowers,  Jerathmel    .     . 

.    III.     . 
.    III.     . 
.    III.     . 
.     IV.     . 

.  141 

.    98 
•  i32 

4 

Bancroft,  Amos  .... 

IV.     . 

.    208 

Bowers,  Jonas 

.    III.     . 

.    IO7 

Bancroft,  Anna    .... 
Bancroft,  Benjamin.     .     . 
Bancroft,  Benjamin  . 

IV.     . 
IV.     . 
IV.     . 

•     99 
•     74 

Qs 

Bowers,  Mary       .     .     . 
Bowers,  Phinehas     .     . 
Bowers,  Phinehas 

.    III.     . 
.      II.     . 
II.     . 

•       7° 

•    *5 

AQ 

Bancroft,  Benjamin  .     .     . 
Bancroft,  Benjamin  . 

IV.     . 
IV.     . 

•  123 

.    2T7 

Bowers,  Samuel   .     .     . 

.      II.     . 
.      II.     . 

•    43 

CO 

Bancroft,  Mary  Ann 

IV.     . 

-    104 

Bowers,  Sarah 

.    III.     . 

7O 

IV.     . 

.171 

.      II.     . 

IV.     . 

.    IQO 

Bovden,  Josiah     . 

.      II.     . 

.    56 

IV. 

O2 

Boyden  Samuel  . 

II.     . 

.    8; 

Bancroft,  William     .     . 

IV.    . 
II.    . 

.  176 

.    2Os 

Boyden  (eight  children  ) 
Bovnton,  Sarah   . 

.      II.     . 
II.     . 

•     56 

2 

II     . 

I 

160 

II.    . 

.    III.     . 

.    177 

Barren,  Samuel   .... 

II.    . 

C4 

Brown,  Nathan    . 

.    III.     . 

.   160 

IV.     . 

47 

III.     . 

221 

I.    . 

.  161 

.     III.     . 

.    14^ 

Bennett,  Abijah  .... 

I.    . 

.    IQs 

Brown,  Sarah  S.  .     . 

.     III.     . 

•    I<H 

1.    . 

.    2IO 

Bulkley,  Abigail  .     .     . 

II.     . 

I  r 

Bennett,  Samuel  .... 

I.    . 

.    IS1 

Bulkley,  John      .    .    . 

.     IV.     . 

C7 

Ill 

181 

Bulklev   Peter 

II     . 

Bentley,  Joshua  .     .    •.     . 
Blood,  Almira     .... 
Blood  Caleb  

III.   . 
III.   . 
III.    . 

.  181 

•  159 

.     I2l 

Bulkley  (seven  children) 
Bullard,  Anna     .     .     . 
Bullard,  George  C.  .     . 

.     II.    . 
.   III.    . 
.    III.    . 

•     '5 

.  167 

.  167 

Blood  Calvin                .     . 

III.    . 

Bullard,  Isaac.     . 

.    III.    . 

.    224 

III.    . 

S4 

Burges,  John  .... 

II.    . 

.171 

Blood   Elizabeth 

III.    . 

.    1^4 

Burges,  William  . 

II.    . 

.    lS2 

Blood,  Elizabeth      .     .     . 
Blood   Gabriel  L.     .    .     . 

IV.     . 
IV.     . 

.  208 

.    I2> 

Burgess,  George  W. 
Burgess,  James  H.   . 

.     II.    . 
II.    . 

.    196 
.    22C 

III. 

CO 

II.    . 

.  180 

III.    . 

•*O 

Burgess,  Maret    . 

II.    . 

.    212 

Blood  Luther                    . 

Ill 

.177 

II.    . 

.  16? 

Blood   Lydia  W            .     . 

IV.     . 

.    22% 

Burgess,  Mima    . 

II.    . 

•  '77 

Blood   Milly                   .     . 

Ill 

.    I?8 

II.    . 

.    22Z 

Blood  Oliver       .     . 

III.    . 

.    2OQ 

Buttrick,  Abagail 

I.    . 

.  in 

Blood,  Polly   

III.   . 

IV.     . 

.    222 
.    214. 

Carlton,  Nabby    ... 

I.    . 

.  ii"? 

Blood    Ruth    

III.    . 

.    2O1 

Carriell,  Elizabeth    .     . 

I.    . 

.     8« 

Blood,  Sally  E  
Blood,  Thomas    .... 
Blood.  Timothv  . 

III.   . 
III.    . 
III. 

.  136 

.  187 

.      77 

Chamberlin,  Sarah    .     . 
Champney,  Abigail  .     . 
Champnev.  Ebenezer    . 

.     IV.     . 

.     II.    . 
II. 

.   103 
.     72 
.     68 

INDEX. 


265 


Champney,  Elizabeth 
Champney,  Sally.  . 
Chase,  Joseph  .  . 
Child,  Abram 


Section. 
II.  . 
II.  . 
II.  • 

in. 


180 


Child,  Asa ....'..       I.     .     .     35 


III. 
III. 
HI. 

ml 

m. 


181 


Child,  David  .... 
Child,  Dorcas  Thorning 
Child,  Mary  Paine  .  . 
Child,  Rebecca  Clark  . 
Child,  Rebecca  Stowell 

Child,  Salla I.  .  .     36 

Child,  Susanna  Woolley    .  III.  .  .  181 

Child,  William    ....  III.  .  .   181 

Colburn,  Sarah  Frances     .  II.  ..   191 

Conn,  John IV.  .  .     33 

Cook,  Alice I.  .  .  124 

Cook,  Curtis I.  .  .   112 

Cook,  Peter I.  .  .  130 

Cook,  Sally. I,  .  .  114 

Cooper,  Lovina  P.    ...  I.  .  .  220 

Corey,  Aaron III.  .  .  216 

Corey,  Diadama  ....  III.  .  .  223 

Corey,  Elizabeth  ....  III.  .  .  220 

Crouch,  Mary       ....  I.  .  .  213 

Crouch,  Phebe     ....  I.  .  .  182 

Crouch,  Timothy      .     .     .  I.  .  .118 

Cutler,  Jonas IV.  .  .     89 


Daby,  Mercy I. 

Daby,  Phebe I. 

Daby,  Sarah I. 

Dana,  Charles IV- 

Dana,  Ezra      .     .     .     .     .  IV. 

Dana,  George       ....  I.V- 

Dana,  Rebecca     ....  IV. 

Dana,  Samuel      ....  IV. 

Dana,  Stephen     ....  IV. 

Dana,  Stephen     ....  IV. 

Davis,  Abel III. 

Davis,  Betsy I. 


Davis,  Betsy  .     .  . 
Davis,  Elizabeth 

Davis,  Joseph      .  . 

Davis,  Joshua      .  . 

Davis,  Luther      .  . 
Davis,  Nancy  Lawton 

Davis,  Olive    .     .  . 


IV. 

IV. 

iy. 

IV- 
m. 
in. 
m. 


•   •  233 
.   .  80 

121,  233 


23J 

59 

64 

205 

169 

197 

39 

39 

169 


Davis,  Sarah  Y I. 

Davis,  Sibel IV. 

Day,  Jean  ......  I. 

Day,  Moses,  Jr I. 


225 
205 
176 
169 

H9 
192 


Section.  Page 

Dickinson,  James    ...  I.  .  .     26 

Dickson,  Walter  ....  H.  .  y.  219 

Dodge,  Isaac I.  -Vi^J3 

Dodge,  Lucy III.  .  .  218 

Dodge,  Thomas  ....  III.  .  .  221 

Doldt,  Robert      ....  IV.  ..  197 

Dole,  Mary I.  .  .     86 

Dunsmoor,  Prudence    .     .  .1.  .  .148 

Edes,  Esther L  .  .   149 

Edes,  Isaiah I.  .  .  119 

Emerson,  Dorothy   ...  I.  .  .   131 

Emerson,  Sewall.     ...  I,  .  .  133 

Farnesworth,  Thomas  .    .  I.  .  .  174 

Farnsworth,  Amos    ...  I.  .  .     17 

Farnsworth,  Amos   ...  I.  .  .     72 

Farnsworth,  Benjamin  .     .  I.  .  .     29 

Farnsworth,  Benjamin .     .  II.  .  .     73 

Farnsworth,  Benjamin,  Jr.  I,  .  .     28 

Farnsworth,  Daniel  ...  II.  .  .     63 

Farnsworth,  Elizebeth  .     .  IV.  .  .     48 

Farnsworth,  Ephraim  .     .  I.  .  .     26 

Farnsworth,  Ezra     ...  I.  .  .     97 

Farnsworth,  Harlot  Newell  I.  .  .  155 

Farnsworth,  Jane     ...  I.  .  .  166 

Farnsworth,  Jonas    ...  I,  .  .   125 

Farnsworth,  Jonas    ...  I,  147 

Farnsworth,  Mary    ...  I,  .  .  161 
Farnsworth,    Mary    Su-  ) 
sanna  Augusta .     .     ( 

Farnsworth,  Patience    .     .  II.  ..       8 

Farnsworth,  Polly    ...  I.  .  .     88 

Farnsworth,  Rebecca    .     .  I.  .  .  101 

Farnsworth,  Rebekah    .     .  II.  ..       8 

Farnsworth,  Samson     .     .  III.  .  .178 

Farnsworth,  Sarah    ...  I. 

Farnsworth,  Sarah    ...  I. 


Farnsworth,  Sarah   ...        L 
Farnsworth,       Susanna    ) 


Augusta 


27 
38 
164 

161 


II. 

II. 


Farnworth,  Jeremiah 
Farmvorth,  Sarah     . 

Farr,  Elizabeth    ....  I.  .     .  82 

Farr,  Leonard III.  .     .  198 

Farr,  Persis III.  .     .  198 

Farwell,  Henry    ....  II.  .     .  120 

Farwell,  Joseph   ....  II.  .     .  12 

Farwell,  Mary  M.     .     .     .  II.  ..  207 

Farwell,  Sarah      ....  II.  .     .  1 13 

Farwell,  Thomas       ...  II.  ..  8 


266 


INDEX. 


j 

Section. 

Page 

Fassett,  Naby      .... 

IV.     . 

.  107 

Fletcher,  Abigail  .... 

I.     . 

.  170 

Fletcher,  Almon  .... 

I.     . 

•   145 

Fletcher,  Anna    .... 

I.     . 

•     4i 

Fletcher,  Bredget     .     .     . 

I.     . 

.   108 

Fletcher,  Bredget     .     .     . 

I.     . 

.  116 

Fletcher,  Clarissa     .     .     . 

I.     . 

.  224 

Fletcher,  Ezekiel      .     .     . 

I.     . 

•  "7 

Fletcher,  Jonas   .... 

"    I.     . 

•     79 

Fletcher,  Lyman,  Jr.    .     . 

I.     . 

.  145 

Fletcher,  Lvman.     .     .     . 

I.     . 

.  170 

Fletcher,  Olive    .... 

II.     . 

.     67 

Fletcher,  Samuel      .     .     . 

I.     . 

•  '31 

Follingesbe,  Mary    .     .     . 

IV.     . 

•     37 

I.     . 

.  184 

Frost,  Solomon    .... 

I.     . 

.   198 

Gage,  Louisa  

IV.     . 

•  234 

Gale,    Frederick  Alonzo  ) 

Simonds  .    .     .     .     ) 

II.    . 

•  '79 

Gardner,  Abigail  .... 

II.    . 

.  126 

Gardner,  Abigail.     . 

II.    . 

•  136 

Gass,  Betsy    

I.    . 

•  123 

George,  Susannah  T.    .     . 

IV.     . 

.  224 

Gill,  Laura  Jane  .... 

I.    . 

.  192 

Gill,  Moses  A  

I.    . 

.  169 

Gillmore,  Moses  Ames  .     . 

III.    . 

-  '5° 

Gillson,  Elezer    .... 

IV.     . 

•     25 

Gillson,  John  

IV.     . 

•    23 

Gilson,  Charlotte      .     .     . 

II.    . 

.    210 

Gilson,  Fannie    .... 

IV.     . 

•    223 

IV.     . 

•    223 

Gragg,  Eunice      .... 

IV.     . 

.     130 

Gra§g»  John    

IV.     . 

.    Ill 

Gragg,  Mary  P  

IV.     . 

.    212 

Gragg,  Thomas   .... 

IV.     . 

•     13° 

Gragg,  William    .... 

IV.     . 

.    212 

Green,  Abigail     .... 

•    251 

Green,  Benjamin  .... 

III.    . 

•     73 

Green,  David  

IV.     . 

•  159 

II.    . 

•     i4 

Green,  Eunice     .... 

IV.     . 

.     58 

Green,  Hannah    .... 

III.   . 

.  109 

Green,  James  

III.   . 

.     28 

Green,  Jonathan  .... 

IV.     . 

•     32 

Green,  Jonathan,  Jr. 

IV.     . 

•     32 

Green,  Josiah  

IV.     . 

•     27 

Green,  Sarah  

IV.     . 

.     89 

Green,  William    .... 

III.   . 

.     80 

Gulliver,  Mary    .... 

IV.     . 

.  141 

Hartwell,  Luther  . 
Hartwell,  Sally  .  . 
Hartwell,  Samuel  P. 
Hazen,  Mary  . 


Section. 
III.  . 
III.  . 
III.  . 
IV. 


Page 

222 
188 
I79 
209 
222 


Heald,  Lydia II. 

Hemenway,  Artemas    .     .  I.  .  .  104 

Hemenway,  Artemas     .     .  I.  .  .  179 

Hemenway,  Bela      ...  I.  .  .  147 

Hemenway,  Fanny  ...  I.  .  .  156 

Hemenway,  George  W.      .  I.  .  .  174 

Hemenway,  Jeremiah    .     .  I.  .  .184 

Hemenway,  Mary     ...  I.  .  .  221 

Hemenway,  Rebecca      .     .  I.  .  .  156 

Hemenway,  Samuel.     .     .  I.  ...  151 

Hemenway,  Samuel ...  I.  .  .  160 

Hemenway,  Sarah    ...  I.  .  .  165 

Hewes,  Benjamin  T.     .     .  II.  ..  202 

Hill,  Mary  Abby,     ...  II.  ..  191 

Hobart,  Lucy IV.  .  .  132 

Hobart,  Phebe     ....  II.  .  .     35 

Holden,  Jabez      ....  IV.  .  .     95 

Holden,  Miriam  Whitny    .  III.  .  .     64 

Holdin,  Abigail   ....  IV.  .  .     29 

Holdin,  John III.  .  .     25 

Holdin,  Lydia     ....  IV.  ..  14 

Holdin,  Nathaniel    .     .     .  IV.  .  .     1 1 

Holdin,  Nathaniel    .     .     .  IV.  .  .     1 1 

Holdin,  Sarah      ....  I.  .  .     25 

Holdin,  Sarah     ....  III.  .  .     33 

Holmes,  John      ....  II.  ..  206 

Hopkins.  Bradley     ...  I.  .  .   171 

Hopkins,  Dorcas ....  I.  .  .  194 

Hopkins,  Ebenezer  ...  I.  .  .  132 

Hopkins,  Ebenezer  ...  I.  .  .  162 

Hubbard,  Thomas    .     .     .  IV.  .  .      6 

Hunt,  Joseph  W.     .     .     .  I.  .  .  192 

Hunt,  Mahala     ....  III.  .  .  206 

Hunt,  Martha      ....  III.  .  .  204 

Hunt,  Susan  M III.  .  .  214 

Hunt,  William  H.    .     .     .  I.  .  .  192 


Jaquith,  Benjamin    .     .     .  II. 

Jewett,  Sarah  J II. 

Johnson,  James  Demmore  II. 

Johnson,  John     ....  II. 

Johnson,  Susa     ....  II. 


148 


197 


1 88 


Kemp,  Almira     ....  I.  .  .  203 

Kemp,  Ephraim .     .     .     .  III.  .  .  138 

Kemp,  Harriet  Augusta    .  II.  .  .   199 

Kemp,  Polly I.  .  .  223 


INDEX. 


267 


Section.  Page 

Kemp,  Stephen  ....        I.     .  .  134 

Kemp,  William    ....        I.     .  .  223 

Kenrick,  Abigail ....     IV.     .  .     69 

Kimball,  Charles  Henry     .     IV.     .  .  190 

Kindall,  James     ....        I.     .  .  126 


Lakin,  Eunice 
Lakin,  Jacob  . 
Lakin,  Joshua 
Lakin,  Mary    .     . 
Lakin,  Miriam     . 
Lawrance,  Abigail 
Lawrance,  Abigail 


IV. 
IV. 
IV. 
IV. 
IV. 

II. 

II. 


Lawrance,  Amos ....  II. 

Lawrance,  Amos ....  II. 

Lawrance,  Anna  ....  IV. 

Lawrance,  Asa    ....  IV. 

Lawrance,  Betsy.     ...  I. 

Lawrance,  Esther     ...  I. 


3° 
74 
51 
66 
65 
91 
60 
9i 
31 

120 


Lawrance,  Jonathan      .     .  I. 

Lawrance,  Jonathan      .     .  I. 

Lawrance,  Jonathan      .     .  IV. 

Lawrance,  Mary  ....  IV. 

Lawrance,  Nathaniel     .     .  IV. 

Lawrance,  Rebeckah     .     .  IV. 

Lawrance,  Rebekah  .     .     .  IV. 

Lawrance,  Ruth  ....  I. 

Lawrance,  Thomas  ...  I. 

Lawrance,  Thomas  .     .     .  IV. 

Lawrance,  Unice ....  IV. 

Lawrence,  Abel    ....  II. 

Lawrence,  Abel II. 

Lawrence,  Ase     ....  II. 

Lawrence,  Benjamin      .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Dradamy      .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Joel    ....  I. 

Lawrence,  John  ....  II. 

Lawrence,  John,  2d .     .     .  II. 

Lawrence,  Lucy  ....  I. 

Lawrence,  Lucy  ....  I. 

Lawrence,  Mahala    .    .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Margaret      .     .  II. 

Lawrence,  Marjary  .     .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Nehemiah     .     .  II. 

Lawrence,  Oratio  Gaits .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Philomela     .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Rowland .     .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Sally  ....  IV. 

Lawrence,  Salmon     .     .     .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Salmon,  Jr.       .  IV. 

Lawrence,  Susanna  .     .     .  II. 


,  no 

45 

5 

104 

116 

6 

144 
16 

21 

53 

35 
'3° 

81 
168 

55 
J»3 
'73 
205 

139 
183 
'43 
93 
81 
67 

139 
171 
172 
171 
42 


Page 
42 
127 
209 
206 
]54 


Section. 

Lawrence,  William  ...  II. 

Lepear,  William  ....  IV. 

Lewis.  Aaron II. 

Lewis,  Asa I. 

Lewis,  George  Kortlandt   .  II. 

Lewis,  James II.  ..  135 

Lewis,  James II.  .  .  170 

Lewis,  Jonathan  Clark  .     .  III.  .  .     86 

Lewis,  Lucy I.  .  .  170 

Lewis,  Lucy II.  .  .  187 

Lewis,  Martha     ....  I.  .  .  216 

Lewis,  Merric      ....  II.  .  .  217 

Lewis,  Rebecca   ....  II.  ..  135 

Lewis,  Rebecca   ....  II.  ..  142 

Lewis,  Reuben     ....  I.  .  .  121 

Lewis,  Sally II.  ..  176 

Livermore,  Daniel    .     .     .  IV.  .  .117 

Longley,  Deborah     ...  I.  .  .     41 

Longley,  John      ....  I.  .  .     18 

Loring,  Jonathan      ...  II.  .  .  215 

Loring,  Mary  T.       ...  II.  .  .  215 

Lund,  William  W.    .     .    .  II.  .  .  193 

M.,  A.  W.  (foot-stone)       .  II.  .  .       i 

McDaniel,  Nancy  A.     .     .  I.  .  .  213 

McDaniel,  William    ...  I.  .  .  210 

McLain,  Rachel   ....  I.  .  200 


Mellen,  Levi  Henry 
Moncrieff,  Mary  Jane 


II. 
II. 


187 

211 


Moore  (infant)    ....  II.  ..  135 

Moore.  Charlotte  P.       .     .  IV.  .  .  158 

Moore,'  Nathan  K.    .     .     .  IV.  .  .158 

Moors,  Abraham  ....  I.  .  .     84 

Moors,  Elizabeth      ...  I.  .  .     53 

Moors,  James       ....  I.  .  .  120 

Moors,  James       ....  III.  .  .  201 

Moors,  Lucy I.  .  .     59 

Moors,  Lucy I.  .  .    66 

Moors,  Mary  H.       .     .     .  III.  .  .  201 

Moors,  Olive I.  .  .  128 

Moors,  Samuel     ....  I.  .  .     65 

Morse,  Benjamin      ...  I.  .  .   178 

Morse,  Mary I.  .  .  178 

Munroe,  Stephen      ...  I.  .  .  150 

Nash,  Ephraim     ....  I.  .  .   116 

Nutting,  Abijah  ....  I.  .  .  218 

Nutting,  Asa IV.  .  .  157 

Nutting,  Avery  E.    .     .     .  IV.  .  .158 

Nutting,  David    ....  II.  .  .     33 

Nutting,  Edeth    ....  II.  .  .  210 


268 


INDEX. 


Section. 
Nutting  Elizabeth   .     .     .       '  T. 

Page 
.  too 

Parker,  Eunice    . 

Section. 
.     IV.     . 

Page 
.     <)7 

Nutting,  Ephraim    .     .     . 
Nutting,  Ephraim    .     .     . 

III.     . 
IV.     . 
I.     . 

.  108 

•   157 
.  162 

Parker,  Henry      .     .     . 
Parker,  James      .     .     . 

.     IV.     . 
II.     . 

-       234 

.     16 

Parker,  James,  Jr. 

.      II.    . 

17 

II.     . 

.  is6 

II 

Nutting,  Jerusha      .     .     . 
Nutting,  Joseph  D.       .    . 

III. 
II.     . 
ll.     . 

.138 
.  198 

•    I4T 

Parker,  James 

II.     . 

^4. 

.     IV.     . 

.   2";j. 

IV 

II.     . 

.   2O  I 

Parker,  Joseph     .     .     . 

.     IV.     . 
II.    . 

•     7° 

A7 

Nutting,  Luther  .... 

IV.     . 
II.    . 

.   I53 

IV.     . 

kci 

Nutting,  Mary     .... 
Nutting,  Phineas      .     .     . 
Nuttin^   Ralph    .... 

IV.     . 

IT.     . 
II.     . 

.    182 
.    197 

.  108 

Parker,  Nathaniel 

.     IV.     . 

.     61 

Parker,  Nehemiah 

.     IV.     . 

70 

Parker,  Obidiah  .     .     . 

.  III.    . 

II. 

•     3i 

77 

I.     . 

•  '63 

II.     . 

•   '94 

Parker   Peter  .     . 

II.    . 

.      06 

II.     . 

I 

Nuttin^,  Susanna     .     .     . 

II.     . 

.   114 

II 

Nutting,  Thomas  Barrett  . 
Nuttin^   William 

II.     . 

II.     . 

.  119 

7: 

.       I.    . 

.     ^6 

Parker,  Sibbel      ... 

.  III.    . 
II.    . 

•    39 

.    178 

Nutting,  William      .     .     . 

II.     . 

•  T75 

Nutting,  William  D.     .     .  ' 

II.     . 
'II.     . 

.  205 

Parker,  William  .     .     . 
Parker,  William    .     .     . 

.  III.    . 
.  III.   . 

IV 

•     38 
•    39 

I.     . 

;; 

Patch,  David  A.       .     . 
Patch,  Ebenezer       .     . 
Patch,  Ebenezer       .     . 
Patch,  Ebenezer  .     .     . 
Pafch   Jacob 

.     IV.     . 
.     IV.     . 
.     IV.     . 
.     IV.     . 
11 

•  234 
•    44 
•     7i 

•     77 

I.    . 

.    177 

Page  Jonathan    .     .     .     . 

I.     . 

IQ 

I.     . 

I.     . 

Patch    Mary 

II 

I.     . 

•      65 

.     IV 

I.     . 

IV 

•60 

I.     . 

.      96 

Patch   Sarah 

IV 

I.     . 

.     IV 

I.     . 

IV.     . 

.     76 

I.     . 

.    I  O2 

II 

I.     . 

Patch,  Susannah  .     .     . 

.     IV.     . 
II 

•  234 

•.   167 

Park,  John      

I.     . 

.  i-,6 

I.     . 

.  i-?6 

Patterson,  Abigail  W.  . 

.     IV.     . 
II.    . 

.   142 

Park   William       .... 

I.     . 

.     96 

Park   William      .    .    .    .  ' 

I.     . 

.    IO7 

Peirce,  Jonathan       .     . 

.  III.    . 

II 

•  127 

Park   William  S.       ... 

I.     . 

Parkar,  Susana     .... 
Parkar,  Susasna  .     .     .     .' 

III.    . 
III.     ; 
II.     . 

•   23 
•    23 

IQ 

Phelps,  Hannah  .     .     . 
Phelps,  Rossalixde  . 

.  III.    . 
.   III.    . 

I.    . 

.  ,85 
.  ,85 
.     67 

Parker,  Abigail    .... 
Parker,  Addison  .... 
Parker,  Benjamin      .    .     . 
Parker,  Deborah      .     .     .  ' 
Parker,  Elizabeth  Josephine 
Parker.  Esther     . 

IV.     . 
IV.     . 
IV.     . 

II.   . 

IV.     . 

III. 

•     94 
•  234 
•     5' 

•      5 

.    201 

.     -?4 

.     II.    , 

.     I  Q6 

I.    . 

.     26 

Prescott  (still-torn) 
Prescott   Abel 

.     II.   . 

II 

.     29 
.     46 

Prescott,  Abigail  .     . 
Prescott.  Abieail  . 

.    11.   . 
II. 

.     ii 

.      44 

INDEX. 


269 


Section.        Page 

Prescott,  Abigail  .     .  ' .     .  II.  .     .     46 

Prescott,  Abigail  ....  II.  .     .     90 

Prescott,  Abigail .  250 

Prescott,  Benjamin  ...  II.  .     .     10 

Prescott,  James    ....  II.  ..       I 

Prescott,  James    ....  II.  .     .   115 

Prescott,  Jonas     ....  II.  ..       4 

Prescott,  Jonas     ....  II.  .     .     19 

Prescott,  Lucy      ....  II.  .     .     45 

Prescott,  Lucy     ....  II.  ..   146 

Prescott,  Lydia     ....  II.  .     .  123 

Prescott,  Lydia  Ann      .     .  II.  .     .   122 

Prescott,  Mary     ....  II.  ..       9 

Prescott,  Mary     ....  II.  .    •.     18 

Prescott,  Mary     ....  II.  .     .     21 

Prescott,  Oliver    ....  II.  .     .  123 

Prescott,  Sampson    ...  II.  .     .   146 

Prescott,  Sarah    ....  II.  .     .     46 

Prescott,  Susanna     ...  II.  ..  105 

Prescott,  Thomas      ...  II.  ..     45 

Prescott,  Thomas     ...  II.  .     .     92 

Prescott,  William     ...  II.  ..     46 

Prescott,  William 250 

Pressey,  Elizabeth    .     .     .  II.  .     .193 

Preston,  Zerviah       ...  II.  .     .   156 

Putnam,  James   ....  II.  ..  143 

Quailes,  Peggy     .     .     .     .  'IV.  . .     .     66 

Quailes,  Susanna      .     .     .  IV.  .     .     68 

Reed,  Jane JI.  '.  '.  u8 

Reed,  Polly 'll.  .     .  164 

Richardson,  Abigail       .     .  III.  .     .40 

Richardson,  Alpheus     .     .  II.  .     .155 

Richardson,  Benjamin  .     .  II.  .     .152 

Richardson,  Benjamin  W.  II.  .     .175 

Richardson,  Caroline     .     .  II.  .     .164 

Richardson,  Charles      .     .  II.  .     .158 

Richardson,  Converce  .     .  I.  .     .  104 
Richardson,      Frederick   ) 
Augustus .     .     .     .     ) 

Richardson,  Jephthah  .     .  I.  .     .  128 

Richardson,  Joshua       .     .  I.  .'     .     ;;X 

Richardson,  Josiah  F.  .     .  II.  ..  204 

Richardson,  Marcy  ...  1.  .     .     60 

Richardson,  Phebe    ...  II.  ..  160 

Richardson,  Phebe  Ann     .  II.  ..  191 

Richardson,  William     .     .  II.  .     .154 

Richeson,  Joshua      ...  I.  .     .     36 

Ridgway,  James  ....  I.  .     .  132 

Ridgway,  James  ....  I.  .     .  142 

Robertson,  James      .     .     .  II.  .     .       3 


Rockwood,  Anna     .     . 
Rockwood,  Elisabeth    . 
Rockwood,  Elisha     .     . 
Rockwood,  Elisha    . 
Rockwood,  Elizabeth    . 
Rockwood,  James     .     . 
Rockwood,  Joseph   . 
Rockwood,  Lucy       .     . 
Rockwood,  Lucy 
Rockwood,  Lydia     .     . 
Rockwood,  Moses    . 
Rockwood,  Samuel  .     . 
Rockwood,  Samuel  . 
Rockwood,  Samuel  . 
Rockwood,  Sarah      .     . 
Rockwood,  Thomas 
Russell,  Frances  Loriett 
Russell,  Luther    .     .     . 
Russell,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Russell,  Pelatiah      .    . 


Section. 
III. 
III. 


III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 


Page 
.    182 

.       22 

.     94 
•     97 

.    112 


10; 


III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
III. 
II. 
I. 


II. 
I. 


.   198 

.  207 


.    122 
.    211 

•  134 
.    106 

•  199 

•  5° 
.  204 

•  174 


Sartell,  Josiah      ....  I.  .     .     48 

Sartell,  Josiah      .     .     .     .  .     .  .     -251 

Sartell,  Mary 251 

Sartell,  Nathaniel     .     .     .  ...  .     .251 

Sawtell,  Abigail   ....  II.  .     .     24 

Sawtell,  Benjamin  F.    .     .  IV.  .     .179 

Sawtell,  Betty      .     .     .     .III.  .     .102 

Sawtell,  Ede  .....  IV.  .     .99 

Sawtell,  Elizabeth     .     .     .  III.  .     .93 

Sawtell,  Elnathan     .     .     .  IV.  .     .  189 

Sawtell,  Ephraim     ...  II.  .     .     49 

Sawtell,  Hannah       ...  II.  .     .     40 

Sawtell,  Hezekiah    ...  III.  ..     83 

Sawtell,  Joanna    ....  III.  .     .     93 

Sawtell,  John II.  ..  100 

Sawtell,  Joseph   ....  I.  196 

Sawtell,  Lucy      ....  I.  .     .  213 

Sawtell,  Maria     ....  III.  .     .  131 

Sawtell,  Mary      ....  III.  .     .172 

Sawtell,  Obadiah      ...  IV.  ..     12 

Sawtell,  Rebekah     ...  IV.  ..    48 

Sawtell,  Richard       .     .     .  III.  .     .146 

Sawtell,  Ruth       ....  IV.  ..  175 

Searles,  Mary       ....  III.  .     .  223 

Shattuck,  Anna    ....  I.  .     .  142 

Shattuck,  Anna    ....  III.  .     .  222 

Shattuck,  Eunice      ...  I.  .     .  129 

Shattuck,  Ezekiel     .     .     .  III.  .     .   141 

Shattuck,  Job      ....  I.  .     .   152 

Shattuck,  Job      ....  I.  .     .  168 


270 


INDEX. 


Shattuck,  Jobe    .... 

Section 
I. 

Page 

Stone,  Emme      .    . 

Section 
II 

Page 
6e 

Shattuck,  John     . 

III. 

.     .  208 

Stone,  Hannah    .     . 

II 

Shattuck,  Mary   . 

III. 

.     .   208 

Stone,  Isaac  .... 

II. 

Shattuck,  Nathaniel 

III. 

.   146 

Stone,  James  .... 

.      III. 

Shattuck,  Noah  .... 

III. 

171,  217 

.     III. 

Shattuck,  Prudence  .     .     . 
Shattuck,  Sarah  .    .     . 

III. 
I 

•     •  '53 

Stone,  Joseph 
Stone,  Joseph      .  '  . 

.      III. 
Ill 

.  ;  56 
?s 

Shattuck,  Sarah  .... 

I. 

.    J2Q 

Stone,  Joseph      .     .     . 

.      III. 

.  ,  80 

Shattuck,  William    .     .     . 

I. 

.  128 

Stone,  Lydia   .... 

.     III. 

Shattucks,  Genealogy  of  the 

III. 

.    171 

II. 

Shed,  Simeon      .... 

III. 

71 

Stone,  Mary    .... 

.     III. 

.    IO2 

Sheple,  Atalanta  .... 

III. 

.  186 

Stone,  Mary    .... 

.     III. 

Sheple,  Eunice    .... 

III. 

Stone,  Molly  .... 

.     III. 

.       08 

Sheple,  Franklin       .     . 
Sheple,  James      .... 
Sheple,  John  

III. 
III. 
I. 

.     .  186 
.     .  190 

Stone,  Nathaniel       .     . 
Stone,  Nathaniel      .     . 
Stone,  Rebecca    . 

.     III. 
.      III. 
.     III. 

.    .    76 

•     •     95 
.     78 

Sheple,  John  

II. 

Stone,  Rebekah  . 

.     III. 

.     .  162 

Sheple,  Jonathan      .     .     . 

11 

Stone,  Salley  .... 

.     Ill 

.     .    80 

Sheple,  Joseph    .... 

III 

Stone,  Sally    .... 

I. 

.     145 

Sheple,  Lydia      .... 

I. 

16 

Stone,  Sarah   .... 

II. 

7 

Sheple,  Oliver,  Jr.    .     .     . 

III. 

.  iSs 

Stone,  Sibel    .... 

.     III. 

.    117 

Sheple,  Phebe      .... 

Ill 

1  66 

Stone,  Simon       .     .     . 

I. 

12 

Sheple,  Syrena    .... 
Sheple  Wilder 

III. 
Ill 

-     -  139 

Stone,  Suiel  Corning     . 
Stone,  Timothy  . 

.       II. 
II. 

.      .      62 
.     IQ1 

Sheples,  Genealogy  of  the 
Shepley,  Abner    .     .     .     . 
Shepley,  Amelia  .... 

III. 
III. 
I 

.     .  186 
.     .  209 

Stone,  Timothy,  Jr. 
Tarbell,  Abel       .     .     . 

.       II. 
.     IV. 

.     .  168 

Shepley,  Mary     .... 

I. 

1  88 

Tarbell,  Abel  Harkness 

.     IV. 

.    211 

I 

1  80 

Tarbell,  Edmund      . 

I. 

,  loo 

III 

Tarbell,  Elisabeth     .     . 

I. 

.    112 

II 

Tarbell,  Hannah  .     .     . 

I. 

.    172 

II 

Tarbell,  Jane  .... 

I. 

.    I4Q 

III 

166 

Tarbell,  John  .... 

I. 

.    117 

I 

I. 

I 

Tarbell,  Lucy       .     .     . 

I. 

Smith   Martha  B.    . 

I 

Tarbell,  Luther   . 

I. 

.    124. 

I. 

Tarbell,  Lydia 

.   in. 

.      .      82 

I 

Tarbell,  Mary      .     .     . 

i. 

OI 

Spaulding,  Timothy 

I. 

Tarbell,  Pamela  .     .     . 

.     IV. 

.    211 

Stanley,  Dorcas   .... 

I. 

.  18-1 

Tarbell,  Samuel  .     .     . 

.   in. 

.      7? 

Stanley,  Jeduthan    .     .     . 
Stanley,  Nabby    .... 

I. 
I. 

.  .  i83 

.  220 

Tarbell,  Sarah      .     .     . 
Tarbell,  Thomas  .     .     . 

i. 
i. 

.            .            26 

.            .            28 

Stebbins,  Flora  M.  . 

I. 

.    217 

Tarbell,  William  .     .     . 

i. 

.      20 

II. 

.   in. 

Steinbeck,  Mary  E.      .    . 
Stevens,  John  

II. 
IV. 
I. 

.    .  219 

•    •    35 
.     .  162 

Todd,  Abigail  Wheelock 
Trowbridge,  Abigail 

i. 
.     n. 

i. 

•    •  137 
144,215 

17 

Stone  (infant)     .... 

I. 

.    145 

Trowbridge,  Nehemiah 

n. 

.     .  108 

Stone,  Amos,  Jr.      ... 
Stone,  Benjamin       .     .    . 
Stone,  Emely      .... 

III. 
II. 
III. 

.       .    I5I 

•    •    31 

.    .  168 

Trowbridge,  Nehemiah 
Trowbridge,  Ruth    .     . 
Trowbridge,  Sarah    .     . 

.     n. 
.     n. 
.     n. 

.   .  215 

•    •  '55 

.      .         2 

INDEX. 


271 


Trowbridge,  Thomas     . 
Tufts  William          .     . 

Section. 
.       II.     . 
Ill 

Page 

Williams,  Jason  .     . 

Section. 
.     .     IV.     . 
II.     . 

Page 
.     62 
.     61 

Tuttle  Nancy 

III 

181 

II.     . 

.       II.     . 

so 

Williams,  John  O.    . 
Williams,  Moley  . 

.     .    III.     . 
.     .       II.     . 

.   150 
.     60 

.     .       II.     . 

7Q 

W.,  S.  (foot-stone)   .     .> 

II.     . 

i 

Williams,  Moley  . 

.     .       II.     . 

QI 

Wait,  Anna     .... 

.     IV.     . 

.  106 

.     .        I.     . 

.    2O2 

Wait,  Edee      .... 

.     IV.     . 

.   106 

Wood,  Bennit 

.     .       II.     . 

.    lO'? 

Wait,  Elizabeth   .     .     . 

.     IV.     . 

.     .       II.     . 

.     IV.     . 

Wood  Elisabeth 

II 

Wait,  Mary      .... 

.     IV.     . 

II.     . 

Wait,  Phineas 

.     IV.     . 

.  118 

.     .        I.     . 

.    12? 

.     IV.     . 

.     78 

.     IV. 

.      87 

Wait,  Phinehas    .     .     . 

.     IV.     . 

•     6? 

Woods,  Abigail  P.    . 

.     .      II.     . 

.    21Q 

.     IV.     . 

II.     . 

Ware,  Bela      .... 

.     IV.     . 

.     .      II.     . 

Warren  (s(ill-born)  . 

I.    . 

.     .     IV. 

6-? 

I.    . 

-     76 

.    .      II.    . 

.     88 

W'arren,  Prudence 

I.    . 

"6      .        II. 

A.7 

I. 

.       .         II.      . 

IO 

Weeks,  Adeline  Amelia 

11.    . 

Woods,  Ruben     .     . 

.       .         II.       . 

.     61 

Wcston,  Abigail  T.  . 

II.    . 

.       .         II.       . 

ff 

Wetherbee,  Parker   .     . 

I.    . 

II.       . 

Wheeler,  Evelina 

I.    . 

Woods,  Solomon 

.     .     IV.     . 

QO 

White,  Hannah    . 

I.    . 

.     84 

Woods,  Thomas  . 

.     .     IV.     . 

27 

Whiting,  Grace 

1.    . 

.     .     IV.     . 

Whitney,  Joshua 
Whitney,  Lydia    . 

.     II.    . 

II 

•      3 

Wyman,  Sarah    .     . 

.     .     IV.     . 

.  194 

Whitney,  Prudence  . 

.     IV.     . 

4.O 

Young,  Elisha 

.    .     II.    . 

.    IV) 

Whitney,  Shaderah   . 

.     IV.     . 

.    .     II.    . 

Williams,  Evrett       .     . 

.     II.   . 

.   96 

Young,  Lydia       .     . 

.  .    II.   . 

.    224 

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